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Literary Devices Quiz 103 (60 MCQs)

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1. The attitude or feeling that comes across in a piece of literature, revealed by the characters, word choice, and the general writing style
2. "Life for me ain't been no crystal stair" (2)
3. Sarah's baseball team was the best in the school; they were like royalty.
4. An educated guess based on information and evidence in a text and the reader's prior knowledge is called
5. What is the meaning of the proverb, "The early bird catches the worm" .
6. Bob is a ray of sunshine.
7. Whirrrrrrrclick-click-clickwhirrrrrr
8. Locate the colloquial word used in this sentence."It's gonna take some time."
9. How can characterization techniques be used in writing?
10. "Trump gloated over mass layoffs." is an example of .....
11. If two characters in literature are physically fighting, which kind of conflict would it be?
12. To analyze literature means to .....
13. Which is an example of genre?
14. When a speaker directly addresses an absent person (someone who has died) or an inanimate object that is personified (e.g. the moon).
15. A literary device by which a particular quality of a person, object, emotion, or situation is downplayed or presented as being less than what is true to the situation.
16. Her heart was as dark as the night is an example of what?
17. Second-Person Point of View is:
18. The drumbeats sounded like distant thunder. What type of figurative language is used?
19. An expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly; an indirect or passing reference, especially to something/someone in history, pop culture, or literature.
20. Which literary device is referred to in the example?"Animal Farm" is a political ..... for the Russian Revolution.
21. What is the best definition of symbolism?
22. Which of the following is assonance?
23. The background of the play.
24. The character who causes the conflict the main character must face
25. Compares two things that have similar characteristics.
26. Which point of view allows the reader to find out what all of the characters do, know, think, and witness?
27. "Tens of millions of years of faces in a living room in a place called Arizona" (75).(1 answer)
28. The process by which a writer makes the personal qualities of the characters in a story clear and believable is known as which literary device?
29. When a writer refers to a well-known person, event, or place to make a comparison, it is called:
30. My heart beats a million times when I see you.
31. Is used in the literature to present a comparison by including the word 'as', 'like'.
32. Another word for "bad dad jokes" is
33. Which order do we use in class to explain the plot?
34. This figure of speech make a direct comparison using two unlike things.
35. Have a great weekend
36. Which poetic device is used in the sentence below? My car is a billion years old, I'm surprised it still turns on.
37. What poetic device is used in: "The woods are lovely dark and deepBut I have promises to keepAnd miles to go before I sleep, And miles to go before I sleep."
38. She sells seashells by the seashore
39. Which of the following answers is a correct example of Point of View in "Convenience Store Woman" by Sayaka Murata?
40. Implied definition of a word
41. What is the definition conflict within literature?
42. "Ms. Prais is the imposter!" Austin exclaimed. "No, I am not!" Ms. Prais responded. "You are a little sus, " said the other students. Then, Ms. Prais got ejected:( This is an example of .....
43. A comparison of 2 unlike things using like or as
44. An object or idea given human qualities or a human form (Ex. Flowers danced around the lawn).
45. Which is a description of a hero?
46. TRUE OR FALSE:The theme of an author's work describes the plot and subject of that work.
47. Which literary device is being used in the following sentence:'The wind whispered through the trees.'?
48. It is when apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction. (here the words are not opposite to each other like it is in antithesis but their meaning is opposite)
49. In an action movie, the main character looks at a picture of his dead girlfriend. He remembers how they met, and the audience gets to see this memory in the middle of the scene.
50. Vivien can be very vexing.
51. Definition-when "I" am telling the story. The character is in the story, relating his or her experiences directly. Example- "Call me Ishmael. Some years ago-never mind how long precisely-having little or no money in my purse, and nothing particular to interest me on shore, I thought I would sail about a little and see the watery part of the world."
52. What is the Falling Action?
53. The definition of author's style is .....
54. EXAMPLE:A road can represent a journey or choice. When a character faces a decision, they might be shown at a crossroads to represent an important choice they need to make.
55. A group of lines forming a unit in a poem is called
56. When a writer gives human qualities to animals or objects
57. When the author gives clues about what will happen later in the story
58. A band of bees barged brazenly into our back yard.
59. Imagine you're in a thrilling word game with Jackson, Kai, and Maya. You're given a task to identify the term for the careful selection of words to convey a specific meaning or create a certain effect. What would you call it?
60. An example of FORESHADOWING is:
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