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Literary Devices Quiz 115 (60 MCQs)

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1. The feelings the author creates using words
2. In a story, 2 characters are having a verbal argument=
3. This figure of speech that gives animals or objects human characteristics.
4. The outcome of a situation is the opposite of what is expected is called .....
5. True or false? An element of Gothic literature could involve wild and untamed nature.
6. What is the purpose of personification in a story?
7. "We have. in this country, two million children under the age of sixteen years who are earning their bread."The use of the bread here is an example of .....
8. What type of figurative language is shown below:Chester Cheetah chomped on chunks of chewy cheddar cheese.
9. What literary device uses an object or action that means something other than its literal meaning?
10. What is this an example of? "When we all heard a snap Like the clap of trap"
11. Attaching human traits and characteristics with inanimate objects, phenomena, and animals.
12. The story's conclusion
13. A ..... conflict occurs when a character faces resistance from a natural force (as opposed to a supernatural force). This can mean the weather, the wilderness, or a natural disaster.
14. What is an example of a character trait?
15. What does explicit mean?
16. Which is an example of third person omniscient?
17. Another term for a "story"
18. Which of the following is an adjective?
19. Luke was the youngest elder in their church.
20. A type of metaphor in which a non-human thing is talked about as though it is a person.
21. The author or speaker's attitude about a subject is also known as .....
22. Use of humor to make fun of or criticize something (i.e. Animal Farm, South Park)
23. "My stomach had flies" (77).(1 answer)
24. Using language to paint a picture in the readers' mind
25. The use of hints or clues in a story to suggest what action is to come.
26. It's Raining Men .....
27. "He is not too thin."
28. "I'm so sorry, but he didn't make it." The phrase "didn't make it" is way of saying that someone has died.
29. Every dead one has a name, only the names of the living make us falter.
30. What is the best definition of the word foreshadowing?
31. The emotional associations surrounding a word, as opposed to its literal meaning or denotation.
32. A reference to another famous, well-known work is a(n)
33. What is a play on words called?
34. Literary technique in which surface appearances or intentions are radically different (usually the opposite) from the real outcome.
35. An expression in which two words that are opposite of each other are joined.
36. Recent studies showed that over 60% of remote students are not performing as well as in person students.
37. "I haven't seen you in a million years!" is an example of .....
38. A literary device that is used in literature to highlight and explain the details about a character in a story.
39. Which literary device refers to a line break that interrupts the flow of a sentence?
40. I would run across the country for a piece of that chocolate is an example of .....
41. A character opposes societal norms or expectations.
42. The clanging pots awoke the baby as Aya cleaned the dishes. What word is the onomatopoeia?
43. The cinders and embers began falling on us, stinging and smarting like ants.
44. Which literary device does this example represent? "Sara's seven sisters slept soundly in the sand."
45. Gives life to inanimate (non living) objects or makes animals human
46. Why do writers use irony?
47. Brian was a wall, bouncing every tennis ball back over the net
48. You're my end and my beginning
49. What point of view?"I went to the store."
50. Which literary device is shown here?11 quam satis ad superas postquam Rhodopeius auras12 deflevit vates, ne non temptaret et umbras
51. Busy bees bumbled by the window.
52. The coach clearly understand that Mica is terribly good in volleyball.
53. "I would travel a thousand miles to see you tonight." -Vanessa Carlton This is an example of .....
54. "A type of symbolism that uses a comparison to emphasize similarities between things" is called .....
55. An interruption in a narrative to show an event that happened earlier (present, past, present)
56. This literary device uses repeated vowel sounds
57. Which of the following is an example of a simile? a) The sun is a yellow ball in the sky. b) The sun is a yellow ball. c) The sun is shining brightly.
58. Which pronouns are generally used by the narrator in First Person Point of View passages?
59. An outcome that turns out to be very different from what was expected; the difference between what is expected to happen and what actually does
60. The baby slept through the night once in a blue moon.
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