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Literary Devices Quiz 133 (60 MCQs)

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1. A comparison of two things using "like" or "as" is .....
2. Which of the following sentence contains a hyperbole?
3. The main idea or the basic meaning of a work
4. Foreshadowing gives ..... as to what will happen later.
5. What imagery does Tennyson use in this excerpt from the poem?In the stormy east wind strainingThe yellow words were waningThe broad stream in his banks complaningHeavily the low sky rainingOver towered Camelot.
6. In this type of writing, the reader will see words/phrases such as because, as a result of, and due to.
7. Reveals something true which at first seems contradictory
8. The changes in a character throughout the story
9. Which of the following sentences contains a metaphor?
10. Which matches the definition of simile?
11. "Rain, with the drum and gush of water, with the sweet crystal fall of showers and the concussion of storms"
12. What did the egg do when it saw the frying, It scrambled What is it?
13. Refers to the use of indicative word or phrases and hints that set the stage for a story to unfold and give the reader a hint of something that is going to happen without revealing the story or spoiling the suspense.
14. Mr. Peter gets excited sometimes and talks a million miles an hour.
15. An example of this device is: "Just before the game, the boy bragged that 'No one can beat us!" '
16. Which of the following is the best example of irony?
17. What is the literal dictionary definition of a word called?
18. The Sun was like a large ball of butter.
19. ..... a short summary of a humorous event used tomake a point
20. (a) An object, idea or animal is given human attributes. In the movie 'Cars' the vehicles are designed with human characteristics.
21. In "Checkouts" the boy and the girl like each other, but THEY don't know that! We, the reader, does know though!
22. A two-word paradox sometimes called a contradiction in terms
23. ..... is an act or instance of placing close together or side by side, especially for comparison or contrast.
24. Next to Ms. Douglas, almost any student looks tall.
25. Used to reference another object outside of the work of literature. The object can be a real or fictional person, event, quote, or other work of artistic expression.
26. The bee's knees were free. What device are they using here?
27. You asked him nicely to borrow his pencil, but Pete yelled, "No! If you didn't come prepared, it's not my fault!" What character trait describes Pete?
28. Definition-An interruption of the chronological sequence of an event of earlier occurrence.
29. A reference to anything from art, history, mythology, The Bible, Shakespeare, et cetera
30. "Good King of Cats, nothing but one of your nine lives" (Mercutio to Tybalt in Romeo and Juliet). What is "King of Cats" ?
31. Which poetic device appears in the following lines?Do you know what I love about the sea?It's like her waves are hands reaching out to you. Saying come in and play.
32. Appears to be self-contradictory but is actually true
33. A type of narrative that uses characters and plots to depict abstract ideas and themes.
34. What is the purpose of a flashback?
35. The attitude of a writer, usually implied, toward the subject or audience
36. Time travel is exhausting. It took me 200 million years to realize that. Well, actually it only took me a few seconds, but I first realized it about 200 million years ago. That was the first time that I traveled through time. "Try it!" said the mad scientist. "History needs you, " he told me. I went with my gut. What is the point of view?
37. Foreshadowing can create all of the following EXCEPT
38. Read the sentence below. The word tranquil has a ..... connotation. The baby looked tranquil as he slept.
39. A character who is presented to contrast another character showing the strengths and weaknesses of the two.
40. What's an example of an allusion?
41. A character that does not change by the end of the story
42. Knowing everything; having unlimited awareness or understanding
43. ..... are a group of lines about an idea, like a paragraph.
44. She swims like a fish.
45. Identify the literary device in the following passage: "But we refuse to believe that the bank of justice is bankrupt. We refuse to believe that there are insufficient funds in the great vaults of opportunity of this nation. And so, we've come to cash this check, a check that will give us upon demand the riches of freedom and the security of justice" (King 2).
46. How does tone affect the meaning of a literary work?
47. Is the following situation an example of an internal or external conflict? Joe can't decide whether to live with his mom or his dad.
48. Define Euphemism:
49. "I wandered lonely as a cloud." This line from William Wordsworth's poem "Daffodils" is an example of:
50. What do Marley's chains symbolize?
51. The moon was a ghostly galleon tossed upon gorgeous, green seas
52. The lines "But, leathery hands full/ of wet brown life" show an example of
53. The truth was like a bad taste on his tongue.
54. The life of a patient of hypertension is always at steak.
55. This is a reference to a well-known person, place, event or literary work in another literary work
56. Which term is often confused with allegory?
57. The repetition of beginning consonant sounds, as in "the ship sailed along the shore as the sea surged."
58. A psychological conflict within the central character
59. In literature, the narrator's attitude toward the topic of the text
60. Select the literary device that matches the following description:where and when the action takes place in the story. Details may be about the interior and exterior furnishings of a building, the type of government in a country.
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