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Literary Devices Quiz 116 (60 MCQs)

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1. A character has a realization is what?
2. Her toes were as cold as ice.
3. She ran like the wind. What is this?
4. The turning point in the story. The tension isat its highest point in the story.
5. Lee Anne laughs loudly and lovingly.
6. Ponyboy Curtiss is slapped in the face by Darry Curtiss because he stayed out too late with Johnny.
7. Figure of speech that combines two apparently contradictory ideas.
8. The repetition of the same sound within nearby words. Usually the repetition of consonants at the beginning of a word. Ex:Peter piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.
9. Find the simple predicate in the following sentence:The lonely sheep went bowling on Tuesday.
10. In Greek mythology, a mythical bird called the phoenix lives for hundreds of years before bursting into flames at its death. However, it soon rises from its own ashes and is reborn. What is the meaning of the allusion in the sentence below? Fans debated whether their team would rise from the ashes.
11. Alice's adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll, John Tenniel Alice was beginning to get very tired of sitting by her sister on the bank, and of having nothing to do:once or twice she had peeped into the book her sister was reading, but it had no pictures or conversations in it, "and what is the use of a book, " thought Alice, "without pictures or conversations?" So she was considering, in her own mind whether the pleasure of making a daisy-chain would be worth the trouble of getting up and picking the daisies, when suddenly a White Rabbit with pink eyes ran close by her.
12. Which is a form of Personification?
13. A warning or indication of a future event in a narrative
14. The turning point or most exciting part of the story is called .....
15. Spoken lines between characters
16. Which of the following is used in the sentence? When his team lost, Lindell was a big baby.
17. "It was a mountain of gleaming metal that towered high above the children and their parents."
18. Figurative languageWord groups/phrases used in a way that differ from the expected or everyday usage. They are used in a non-literal way for particular effect (for example:simile-'white as a sheet'; metaphor-'all the world's a stage'; personification-'the wind grabbed at my clothes').
19. The reader finds out that a storm is coming, but the characters in the book don't know about it yet.
20. What is this:She is a beautiful flower.
21. I leaped out the window and heard timber crashing and the flames roaring right behind me. I staggered, almost falling, coughing and sobbing for breath.
22. The bacon sizzled in the pan.
23. Attempting to expose or criticize the corruption or foolishness of a person/society.
24. My bed flipped and went BAM!!!
25. Green Day:I walk this empty street On the Boulevard of broken dreams Where the city sleeps And I'm the only one and I walk alone
26. Reference to another work of art, literature, etc.
27. We can't buy that; it costs an arm and a leg!
28. A comparison of two things in which no word of comparison (like or as) is used.
29. Rhyme in the same line
30. The actual dictionary meaning of a word.
31. An indirect reference to a person, place, thing or idea of historical, cultural, literary or political significance, where the writer expects the reader understands the reference without being given much detail.
32. What is Romeo & Juliet's theme?
33. Which of the following is the best example of a metaphor?
34. "It was all so very businesslike that one watched it fascinated. It was pork-making by machinery, pork-making by applied mathematics. And yet somehow the most matter-of-fact person could not help thinking of the hogs; they were so innocent, they came so very trustingly; and they were so very human in their protests-and so perfectly within their rights! They had done nothing to deserve it, and it was adding insult to injury, as the thing was done here." This quote represents .....
35. The contrast between appearance and actuality
36. Humorous, serious, angry, ironic, ominous, proud, mocking, formal, enthusiastic, detached ..... Examples of .....
37. A casual reference to a famous historical or literary figure or event
38. I have a million things to do today.
39. "The trees of the forest watched sympathetically over the lost child." What type of literary device is this an example of?
40. The turning point, in the story is also known as: .....
41. "His eyes shone like black pearls" (81).(1 answer)
42. Irony involving facts or events are unknown to a character in a story but are known to the reader, audience, or other characters
43. What point of view?"Bob went to the store. The clerk looked at Bob, and Bob did not know what he should do."
44. When an author gives an idea, object, or animal quality traits of a human
45. A figure of speech that provides excessive explanation in order to attract the reader's attention is?
46. Jonas, the main character from The Giver, did not agree that the government should control the way people lived. Therefore, he decides to go against them and try to change the government's ways. This is an example of which type of conflict?
47. Practice Question #1
48. If a fire station would catch on fire, it would be an example of ..... irony.
49. It refers to an appeal made by a poet to a muse or deity for help in composing the poem.
50. In the parable "The Story of the Pencil" , the ..... is the nondescript object that gives a powerful message.
51. A comparison of two unlike things for the purposes of an explanation
52. Narrator will reveal more than one character's internal feelings.
53. Buzz, slurp, click, and boom are examples of .....
54. Separation of noun adjective pair for dramatic effect.
55. O. Henry's REAL NAME is
56. The way the characters act, either directly or indirectly stated
57. A type of metaphor in which an object, idea, character, action, etc., is compared to another thing using the words "as" or "like."
58. My mother is a machine.
59. Repetition of the same word(s) at the beginning of successive clauses
60. This is a conflict between people or groups of people.
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