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Literary Devices Quiz 121 (60 MCQs)

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1. This is consideredas the author's message to the readers.
2. Which device adds excitement, action, and interest by allowing the reader to hear and remember your writing?
3. When two opposite ideas are joined to create an effect, this is called:
4. Used to signify ideas and qualities, by giving them symbolic meanings that are different from their literal sense.
5. Tommy takes ten turns on the swing
6. The repetition of "What a sound. And what a voice!" in the folktale "A Little Frog" is an example of
7. The type of irony that occurs when readers know more about a situation or a character in a story than the characters do is .....
8. The Wicked Witch of the West wandered to Washington, DC to witness her sister's wedding.
9. The way in which words are used in speech or writing.
10. She is as innocent as an angel
11. A long speech entirely delivered by a single performer
12. "Sans teeth, sans eyes, sans taste, sans everything" used what sound device?
13. Stop being a couch potato! Turn off the TV and do something with your life.
14. Which part of the plot diagram is the "return to new normal?"
15. Which definition is correct for the following term:Antagonist
16. Description evoking the use of the fives senses.
17. Jim was stacking boxes at work. There was a certain height he had to reach. He stretched his body, but could not reach to place the final box at the top. Bill happened to see Jim struggling and came to his rescue, since he was a foot taller.
18. "I have a million things to do today, " complained Mrs. Gilbert as she loaded the twins into the car.
19. Which of the following is NOT an element of style?
20. A figure of speech in which a term is applied to something it does not literally denote in order to imply a resemblance.
21. Bang! The plate crashed to the floor.
22. A static character is a character that .....
23. Which of the following is used in the sentence? Christian turned over a new leaf.
24. How do you determine the MOOD of a passage?
25. Give human qualities or abilities to an object or animal
26. When parts of sentences are structured grammatically similar in sound or meaning; Ex:He came, he saw, he conquered.
27. The car brakes screamed all through the journey.
28. "I can't wait until summer!!!" uses which tone?
29. An interesting first sentence or paragraph in a novel that entices the reader into the story
30. A reference to a literary, mythological, or historical person, place, or thing
31. The point of the plot where a character faces a series of conflicts.
32. Identify the literary device used in the following sentence:'The politician's speech was filled with powerful words.'
33. A comparison between two objects without using "like" or "as" .....
34. A word or phrase that has become over familiar or commonplace
35. A universal idea or message explored throughout a work of literature.
36. "The avalanche devoured anything standing in its way" is an example of .....
37. The type of narration in the story (1st, 3rd, etc.)
38. History and science of books as physical objects
39. Brice is a tall boy with dark brown hair and dark eyes. He loves soccer and hanging out with his friends.
40. Occurs when the audience or reader is aware of something the character is not
41. A character trait is an adjective that describes .....
42. It is hard not to want to donate to other countries when those commercials come on with the children with no food, no clean water, and no clothing.
43. The subject of a talk, a piece of writing, a person's thoughts, or an exhibition; a topic
44. What two literary devices are present below? His smile was like the Chesire Cat.
45. "Rip Van Winkle" may be an ..... for the value of hard work.
46. Two contradictory words combined in a phrase, as in "Civil War"
47. What is the literary device that uses contradictory terms in conjunction?
48. The use of a word that imitates the sound of the object which it refers to
49. Words or phrases that appeal to the reader's senses
50. Person Against Person:
51. The meaning associated with a word
52. The following lines of poetry best demonstrate an example of which literary device?"Heart-we will forget him!You and I tonight."
53. Disappeared in the cold, dark polar sky
54. In A Rose for Emily, Emily holds on to her father's dead body for several days before burying it. Later we learn that she has been keeping Homer's body for years. This is an example of what?
55. What is a cluster of words relating to the same topic?
56. Definition-A character that does not noticeably change over the course of a story. These characters often play tertiary roles in a narrative (think of various parental figures in Roald Dahl's children's books). Many villains are ..... characters:They were evil yesterday, they'll be evil today, and they'll be evil tomorrow.
57. Is a writer's vivid description that help readers visualize.
58. A widely held but fixed and oversimplified image or idea of a particular type of person or thing.
59. The central or main idea
60. This is a good example of Alliteration: "Eric the egg salesman had excellent, everyday customers"
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