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Literary Devices Quiz 128 (60 MCQs)

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1. When the audience knows more about the outcome to a situation than the actual characters
2. The savages remember Juno because of his anger
3. "She's a TikTok girl, that's why she can dance." What literary device is used?
4. A reference to another well-known work, such as the Bible or Greek mythology.
5. "The sweet smell of her perfume was all I could smell, " is an example of .....
6. An example of this device is: "He crept through the house with socks on so he could be as quiet as a mouse."
7. What is the turning point of a story (gasp moment) called?
8. Harry Potter faces many conflicts in his young life. He is an example of:
9. The methods used by an author to develop and describe characters in a story.
10. My mom's green thumb helps our garden produce many vegetables.
11. "We're weary of weather, " said the sunflower is an example of .....
12. When he takes a bite of the cookie, his mind travels back to when he ate them as a child.
13. I told you a million times to clean your room
14. Irony can best be used to achieve which of the following effects?
15. The feelings and associations suggested by a word.
16. Refers to the feelings and associations created by a word.
17. Asked for emphasis or effect, but not for an answer
18. Two unlike things compared directly, implying several similar qualities.
19. Main character put against the systems or beliefs of a group.
20. This is the main idea or moral of the story.
21. The overall emotion and atmosphere created by a work of literature
22. The expression "the life is a higway" is an .....
23. Which literary device is a word that makes a sound?
24. Mallory was listening to a nutrition presentation at school and couldn't believe how much she was learning. She came to the realization of how unhealthy her family ate. She decided she wanted to get healthy and help her family get healthy too. She devised a plan to add one healthy item to their diet each Week. She also started grocery shopping with her mom to help her learn how to cook healthy. What was Mallory's motivation?
25. Which of the following uses denotation to describe a 90 year old man?
26. This is an example of which literary device? You can hear happiness staggering on down the streetFootprints dressed in redAnd the wind whispers, "Mary"
27. Writing that appeals to the reader's physical senses (sight, taste, smell, touch, hearing)
28. When an author gives an inanimate object human or living characteristics. For example:the trees danced in the wind.
29. During a literature class, David read a poem aloud. Luna noticed that some words in the poem sounded like the noises they were describing. What is the figure of speech that imitates the sound it represents, which Abigail later explained to Luna?
30. "I will not eat them in a house. I will not eat them with a mouse" is an example of
31. The story takes place in New York, 1776 during the Revolutionary War. This is an example of which literary device?
32. The opposition of forces within a story and can be external or internal
33. A line or lines that are repeated in a poem is .....
34. Comparison of unlike objects that does not use "like" or "as"
35. Who is an antagonist?
36. What is a descriptive word or phrase that expresses a quality or characteristic of a person or thing?
37. Dove = Peace would be an example of .....
38. When the author depicts the occurrence of specific events to the reader, which have taken place before the present time the narration is following,
39. What are the tools writers use to to help the reader see things in a different way?
40. Repetition of initial consonant sounds in a group or words close together
41. What is the literary definition of symbolism?
42. A device where the order of the noun and adjective in a sentence have been swapped.
43. A physical map shows
44. The sea rumbled and hissed
45. Definition-An outrageous exaggeration that emphasizes a point, and can be ridiculous or funny. Example-I'm so tired I cannot walk another inch.
46. The intentional avoidance of critical thinking or logic in examining something unreal or impossible in reality.
47. He did not realize his last chance was walking out the door.
48. A person, situation, statement, or circumstance is not as it would actually seem
49. A theme can be described as a main idea or what is ..... about a story.
50. What is a comparison, like a simile and metaphor, which creates a humorous or dramatic effect through overstatement?
51. Which of the following is used in the sentence? The flame of the candle danced in the dark.
52. True or False:ANIMAL FARM was easily published the first time Orwell tried to sell it.
53. The flag waved to the students from the flagpole.
54. How is a compound sentence different from a complex sentence?
55. "He is very romantic and a true Romeo" is an example of .....
56. Which of these punctuation marks is used to show excitement, danger or loud noises?
57. The universal message about life or human nature that is "the focus" in the story that the writer tells.
58. The narrator tells the story using the pronoun you as the driver of the plot and is the least often used.
59. Identify the adjective in this sentence:Jasmine made a green salad filled with vegetables.
60. The character/force against the main character
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