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Literary Devices Quiz 132 (60 MCQs)

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1. What job does the main character have?
2. The bee buzzed around the flowers
3. 'Why wouldn't you recycle and help the planet?' is an example of what language feature?
4. A reference to a person, place, thing or event outside the work which the author expects the reader or the audience to recognize
5. Who is the MAIN character of our story?
6. A device where inanimate objects are given human characteristics
7. Identify the type of irony:The son of the police chief is arrested for attempted burglary.
8. What is 1st person Point-of-View?
9. The frog plopped into the pond.
10. "Doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before" is an example of
11. Which of these is NOT a symbol in NS?
12. What is language which allows the reader to visualise the setting or situation more clearly?
13. That trip was as fast as a cheetah means .....
14. Which literary device is this an example of: "I wandered lonely as a cloudthat floats on high o'er vales and hills." -William Wordsworth, Daffodils
15. Connotation and denotation are two ways to describe the meanings of .....
16. Read the following passage and identify the author's purpose:One night, as I watched my newborn son sleep, studying his beautiful face, I suddenly became filled with fear. I was convinced I would screw him up-that all my problems would wash over him, tarnishing his perfect soul. Strangely, while panicking about my son's impending doom, Dad popped to mind. I sat there in the dark, surrounded by the soothing sounds and smells of my baby's room, and I thought of how Dad must have felt when I was born. I knew at that moment that he never intended to hurt me. I realized that he loved me just as I loved my son. I knew that he had done the best he could, even if it wasn't always very good.
17. Example: "I was struggling to figure out how lightning works. Then it struck me."
18. What should the introduction of a literary essay include?
19. A vignette has a theme or central idea of its own and describes a specific event or character that is important?
20. How a writer presents a character
21. Visually descriptive language; things you could picture with the senses
22. A work written in "verse" is.....
23. This is an example of what kind of literary device:"I ate like a million pancakes this morning!"
24. Explain free verse in poetry.
25. "He ran like a cat" what is the literary technique used here?
26. "An apple a day keeps the doctor away."
27. In a well-known folktale, Chicken Little is accidentally hit by something and jumps to the conclusion that the sky is falling and that she must spread the news of imminent disaster. What is the meaning of the allusion in the sentence below? The weather forecast called for clear skies, making my grandfather look like Chicken Little.
28. Jack was having a great day in the sunny weather, but he had no idea of the disastrous chain of events that would follow. What literary device is used in this sentence?
29. "I'm actually in-between jobs at the moment. I'm sure I'll find one soon."
30. Joe is taking his SAT; however, his pencil lead keeps breaking. Of what type of conflict is this an example?
31. What was the overall tone of "The Landlady" by Roald Dahl?
32. All are advantages of 3rd person Point-of-View EXCEPT .....
33. The moon smiled at the stars in the sky
34. The use of words to paint a picture appealing to the sense
35. A character in the story that is actually telling the story himself/herself.
36. Generally when something happens that is different from what was expected or holds a different intended meaning than what was stated.
37. Usually a side-kick character to a main character; character that is 2 dimensional and are relatively uncomplicated
38. The set of acts or circumstances surrounding anevent or a situation in a piece of literature
39. Which figure of speech compares two different things without the words 'like' or 'as'?
40. Buzz, boom, bark. These words are an example of what?
41. A figure of speech that refers to someone or something famous
42. MULTUM IN PARVO is anexample of the figure of speechknown as:
43. DEFINITION:What is personification?
44. The following is an example of what type of literary device:a fire station catches on fire and burns to the ground.
45. After playing in the snow all day, John's skin was as cold as ice
46. Which word means to compare using 'like' or 'as'?
47. "The sun rolled up, hung at mid heaven and wheeled westward."
48. When your friend fails a class, and you are happy because you have all passing grades.
49. A figure of speech that makes a comparison, showing similarities between two different things using the words like or as
50. Juliet is the sun.
51. Which word means "a facial expression, often ugly or contorted, that indicates disapproval, pain, etc."
52. Fionna is good at sports, earns high grades in school, has a lot of friends, and is also an amazing artist. Her friends tell her she has the "Midas Touch." What does this allusion mean?
53. What is a utopia?
54. It is the repetition of sounds at the ends of words.
55. The ..... is the turning point of the story, the highest point of tension, and where the conflict is faced.
56. A device used to help establish a relationship based on similarities between two concepts or ideas.
57. O Wind, if Winter comes, can there be Spring behind?
58. What is an explanation of the symbolic title: "the divine wind" ?
59. Zig zag zombies, zoomin to the zenith
60. This is the general feeling or impression conveyed by a passage.
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