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Literary Devices Quiz 106 (60 MCQs)

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1. Which literary device uses a passage or relationship to say something deeper than what is being said, usually about human nature or spirituality?
2. How much does the Fate Capsule cost at Ben Tang's store?
3. Similarities and differences between two or more things
4. A literary term where you use "like" or "as" to compare two different things and show a common quality between them.
5. "The leaves rested lazily upon the ground." This is an example of .....
6. The use of irony to mock or convey contempt
7. What is the only type of INTERNAL conflict?
8. Which elements are described in the exposition?
9. Repetition in literature is used for:
10. A statement that refers to something without mentioning it directly.
11. I love the fact that my neighbor's dog barks at me whenever I go outside. It makes me feel noticed.
12. "Her head was so full of ideas that it was ready to burst wide open" is what type of figurative language?
13. A figure of speech involving great exaggeration
14. A literary work in which all or most of the characters, settings, and events stand for ideas, qualities, or figures above themselves. The overall purpose of an allegory is to teach a moral lesson.
15. What does the word "Manipulation" mean?
16. Atmosphere or feeling we get from the story
17. The use of an object or action that has a deeper meaning than its literal meaning.
18. The leading character struggles against ideas, practices, or customs of other people.
19. An unusual set of circumstances for which the reader craves an explanation; used to create suspense
20. The outside narrator only knows the thoughts and feelings of one character.
21. I slept like the dead.
22. What type of irony occurs when an audience or reader knows something before characters in a literary work or show know?
23. "He was hopping about among the saucepans and the machines like a child among his Christmas presents, not knowing which thing to look at first."
24. An expression that should not be interpreted literally; its meaning is figurative and means something quite different from the literal meaning of the phrase
25. How the author reveals a character's personality traits and/or physical appearance ..... there are two types direct and indirect
26. Hints, clues or a warning that something will happen later in the story
27. Which literary device is shown here? 13 otium, Catulle, tibi molestum est:14 otio exsultas nimiumque gestis:15 otium et reges prius et beatas .....
28. A trope that compares two distinct things by using words such as like or as to link the vehicle (image) and the tenor (subject).
29. "I've told you a million times to write your name on the paper as soon as you get it." This is an example of .....
30. The snow was as white as a cloud.
31. An object or idea that repeats itself throughout a literary work. It may contribute to the development of a theme and is called a
32. It is when the writer evokes the 5 senses of the reader.
33. When the character does not change throughout the text, which word best describe that character?
34. A police officer.
35. A story with an underlying meaning as well as a literal one.
36. Which of the following refers to a small, thin, sharp piece of wood, glass, or similar material broken off from a larger piece?
37. Example:She dances like a chicken on hot coals.
38. The antagonist ..... the main character.
39. AppreciationThe act of discerning the quality and value of literary texts.
40. The outcome of the story .....
41. Last night I dreamt about chickensThey were playing on my pillowsThey were nesting in my headThey were walking in my roomThey were lying on my bedWhat does this poem use?
42. "Everyone could tell the new neighbor was a SNAKE, just by looking at him." The connotative meaning of the word SNAKE in this sentence is
43. Which sentence uses onomatopoeia?
44. A name that fits the nature and character of a person and/or their occupation
45. The giant roars his thunderous laugh and seems to shout as water splashes, gushes and suishes.
46. What is the significance of the chapter structure?
47. Which word means "an exaggerated statement, not meant to be taken literally" ?
48. Identify the figure of speech in the following sentence:I am so hungry I can eat a mountain.
49. A character, or a group of characters, which stands in opposition to the Protagonist, which is the main character. / Un personaje, o un grupo de personajes, que se opone al Protagonista, que es el personaje principal.
50. Identify the literary device:"The fire crackled up the stairs"
51. The literary device, Conflict, means .....
52. The time and place in which the main story events occur.
53. "Mary is as light as a feather" is a
54. Moana ate like a bear just out of hibernation. Metaphor?
55. A ..... is a figure of speech that compares two unlike things using the words "like" or "as."
56. This device is the central idea of a work of literature:
57. A figure of speech in which an animal, object or idea is given a personality and described as a human.
58. Figure of thought:One of the two major divisions of figures of speech (the other being rhetorical figures).
59. The specific choice of words used to help determine the style in which the person is speaking or writing
60. '"But there's a catch ..... by the end of the year you must figure out how to make your object say something, express an emotion, speak to everyone who looks at it" ' (12)
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