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Literary Devices Quiz 113 (60 MCQs)

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1. A simile is a comparison using like or as
2. Descriptive or figurative language that appeals to the senses.
3. Definition:A brief reference to a real or fictional person, event, place, or work of art.
4. It is words or lines with repetition of vowel sounds within words.
5. What is a logical fallacy?
6. Which type of imagery is associated with the sense of sight?
7. Lady Macbeth says, "Look like the innocent flower, /But be the serpent under it" to Macbeth. This sentence is an example of .....
8. He sells snails.
9. The logical assumption or educated guess based on facts or observed knowledge
10. This technique involves encouraging people to think or act in some way simply because other people are doing so.
11. Literary devices help affect the ..... of the text.
12. She sells sea shells is an example of .....
13. An antagonist is.....?
14. The broken windshield in Hunters in the Snow by Tobias Wolff
15. A traditional story intended to explain some mystery of nature, religious doctrine, or cultural belief. The gods and goddesses of mythology have supernatural powers, but the human characters usually do not.
16. The method an author uses to revealcharacters and their personalities
17. "Exposition" refers to .....
18. Definition-Language used by poets, novelists and other writers to create images in the mind of the reader. This literary device includes figurative and metaphorical language to improve the reader's experience through their senses. Example- "The night was black as ever, but bright stars lit up the sky in beautiful and varied constellations which were sprinkled across the astronomical landscape."
19. Joyce watched the clock. The minute hand seemed frozen over the ten. The slow tick tock seemed to promise that time was moving forward, but Joyce had no sense of it. All she knew was that she had to wait until 8:00.
20. Which is an example of an ANTAGONIST?
21. In the darkness, the wind and rain grew louder and seemed closer.
22. What's the purpose of imagery?
23. Rich, colorful, or precise language that is chosen carefully for a particular purpose
24. Duke the dog digs deep in the dirt
25. The deliberate repetition of the first part of the sentence in order to achieve an artistic effect is known as
26. What is the PROTAGONIST of a work of literature?
27. The type of conflict when a character struggles with another character. Antagonist vs. Protagonist.
28. What is the main literary device used in The Alchemist to convey deeper meanings and ideas?
29. The more academic word for "main character" in a literary piece.
30. If literal language is a form of language in which the writer means exactly what they their words words denote, what type of figurative language is it
31. She is as brave as a lion
32. A reference to an event, place, or person.
33. An element, subject, idea or concept that is constantly present through the entire body of literature.
34. The fragrance of spring flowers made her joyful.
35. Which literary device is most clearly used in this excerpt from "The Prince and the She-Devils?" "But the five would not listen. They said, 'If we go with you, oh prince, we will force ourselves to keep from looking at those beautiful she-devils. We will accompany you to Takkasila." '
36. Bittersweet Close distanceSerious funWorking vacation are all examples of .....
37. Which sentence is written in 2nd person?
38. Any element, idea, concept or subject that is constantly present throughout a literary piece is a(n)
39. Changes as a result of the story.
40. Kim had gone through her closet with her mom over the weekend. She remembered a new girl at school who always seemed to wear the same pants over and over. Kim wondered what she could do with the clothes. She handed the new girl a bag as she passed her in the hallway.
41. Casually create catastrophes, casualtiesCancelling cats got their canopies collapsing
42. When the author gives hints about what a character is like, but it's never said clearly
43. Which question does the Author's Purpose answer?
44. Which literary device is used to give human qualities to non-human objects or ideas?
45. How can you know that something is written in first person point of view?
46. "Don't worry, " the captain told the crew. "This ship is unsinkable."
47. A hint of something happening later on .....
48. A hint at something to come later in a piece of literature (present, future, present)
49. The character opposing the protagonist
50. How does internal conflict contribute to the development of a character in a story?
51. The time, place, or physical place in which a story takes place.
52. What is a comparison of two things that are basically unlike but have some qualities in common?
53. When the woman kept changing the subject I knew she had something to hide. I wasn't surprised then .....
54. Which of the following terms means "repetition of consonant sounds" ?
55. A statement that seems contradictory or absurd, but is actually valid or true
56. "What incredible power of identification the girl had; she was like the eager watcher of a marionette show, anticipating with each flicker of an eyelid, each gesture of his hand, each flick of a finger, the moment before it began."
57. "Standing brave in a secret cave"In this line, wee see the example of .....
58. Point of view used when a story is narrated using the pronoun "I"
59. Imagery that appeals to the reader's sense of touch.
60. I'd recently disagreed with her (Milania) over who had dibs on the gym for practice. Excuse me, but the basketball team can run laps in the hallway, whereas the wrestling squad, of which I was a member briefly until another recent misunderstanding, has to use the gym because that's where the mats are located. And no one ever died waiting twenty minutes for someone else to get done using the gym. Enough said. Except to Milania, who argued with me loudly enough for the wrestling coach to ask, in the interest of the team, for me to resign to make peace with Milania, because the girls' JV basketball team were defending state champions, upsetting their practice time would lead directly to them losing state this year, which would then cause the Earth "to slip off its axis and slide out of its rotation and crash into the sun" (28).Paulsen, Gary. Vote. New York:Wendy Lamb Books, 2013.
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