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Literary Devices Quiz 125 (60 MCQs)

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1. The character flaw or error of a tragic hero that leads to his downfall
2. Which literary device is defined as visually descriptive or figurative language, especially in a literary work?
3. Snow is like the sun, blindly enveloping my body.
4. Complete the sentence using authorial intrusion:After school, we went to get ice cream
5. Attributing human qualities to non-human entities or abstract concepts.
6. "But instead he stood there, very cold, his face a mask of ice, listening to a man's voice moving along at an easy pace."
7. The test was a piece of cake. What is this?
8. The substitution of a mild, indirect, or vagueexpression for one thought to be offensive, harsh, or blunt. For example-we say someone passed away.
9. In a story, when it talks about something that has happened in the past, what is this called?
10. Identify the preposition(s): ..... After lunch we will go outside.
11. "I'm sure one of my socks was hiding from me" is an example of:
12. Which literary device is used in the sentence "'Hearken! ..... how healthily-how calmly'?
13. Life is a broken-winged bird
14. Which literary device is most clearly used in the opening line from "The Golden Plate" ? "Once upon a time in a place called Seri, there were two salesmen of pots and pans and hand-made trinkets."
15. Which literary term is showcased in the following quote:I wished I too had some kind of scar that would beget Baba's sympathy.
16. What is the purpose of characterization?
17. You're being let go because your department's being downsized.
18. Hints that the author gives of things that are to come in the story.
19. Identify the literary device in the sentence 'The moonlight danced on the water.'
20. The most exciting part of the story and the turning point where it begins to lead to the end is called the:
21. An object or gesture used to represent a bigger idea or concept.
22. Opening to a story that establishes the context and gives background details, often some earlier story that ties into the main one, and other miscellaneous information.
23. Examples:buzz, gunk, gushy, swish, zing, zip
24. You are a bump on a log when you watch TV all day.
25. Pain in the rain again
26. What is the tone of a text?
27. What information does the exposition of the story include?
28. "Leslie sat in front of Paul. She had two long, brown pigtails that reached all the way down to her waist. Paul saw those pigtails, and a terrible urge came over him. He wanted to pull a pigtail. He wanted to wrap his fist around it, feel the hair between his fingers, and just yank." Sideways Stories From Wayside School, Louis Sachar
29. What literary device is being used in the sentence 'The barber shaves himself'?
30. You're as smooth as Tennessee whiskeyYou're as sweet as strawberry wineYou're as warm as a glass of brandy are all examples of .....
31. What is mood in fiction?
32. Autobiographies are told from
33. What is this a sample of:jumbo shrimp
34. Major or central idea of a work; conveys the values and ideas expressed in a story
35. In this story, the bus driver's name is Al. The reader knows his name, and that he drives the bus every day. Al doesn't participate in the plot other than driving the bus. Al is likely a ..... character.
36. A character whose personality changes significantly during the story.
37. The bushes bowed down and greeted us as we walked up the path during the storm.
38. Verbal irony in which a person says the opposite of what he/she means.
39. The use of vivid language to generate ideas or evoke mental images, typically using the 5 senses.
40. A visual representation of the plot of a story
41. ..... is where the story is taking place
42. What can a black cat symbolize?
43. The bright, golden sun filled the morning sky.
44. A speech of some duration addressed by a character to a second person is called .....
45. What do you call imagery which appeals to the senses?
46. What is 3rd person Point-of-View?
47. Your smile is a ray of light.
48. In Lemony Snicket, most of the inhabitants of the island on which the Baudelaires find themselves in The End are characters from The Tempest, a play by William Shakespeare.
49. Symbols are ..... that stand for something else.
50. "Oh no!" exclaimed Darcy. "Look at my shoes!" Mom leaned over and noted a speck of dirt on the gray leather. "What a tragedy, " said Mom. "They're ruined!"
51. Which literary device is a figure of speech that compares two different things by using the words 'like' or 'as'?
52. The features of a literary work in terms of the speaker or narrator; the characteristics displayed by the speaker or narrator in terms of tone, style, and personality
53. Plot refers to .....
54. Which of the following choices is an example of an alliteration?
55. A story with magic, monsters, and or talking animals-like fantasy but part of the oral tradition
56. In a poetry class, Aiden described the sun as a 'golden chariot in the sky.' What figure of speech is Aiden using to describe the sun as if it were another?
57. This is the true hero of the story. This is the character that we all love.
58. The following passage has an example of which of the following of literary devices? "He always calls me his Darling Daughter Deza, and I am supposed to answer that he is my Dearest Delightful Daddy. He calls Jimmie the Genuine, Gentle Jumpin' Giant, and Jimmie's supposed to call him his Fine Friendly Father Figure. Father also calls Mother the Marvelous Mammalian Matriarch, but she says she won't respond because she refuses to play silly word games with such 'a hardheaded husband who hasn't heard how horrible he is" ' (6). Curtis, Christopher Paul. The Mighty Miss Malone New York:Random House, 2012.
59. Isaac said:I'm so hungry I could eat a horse! What literary device is Isaac using here?
60. Which of the following is the best definition of theme?
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