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Literary Devices Quiz 135 (60 MCQs)

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1. What is the name of a quote or poem used before a story begins to give context?
2. Which of the following is when the "Author reveals a character to the reader by directly stating a character's traits in the text"
3. Author or speaker's attitude towards the work is: .....
4. Oh! But he was a tight-fisted hand at the grindstone Scrooge!
5. They are one personThey are two aloneThey are three togetherThey are for each other
6. The heir aired his assent to marry a lass who had his heart.
7. The throngs unleashed, the ladies shopped for shoes.
8. These are common structures in writing that make up the components of literature. We use these devices to help us interpret and analyze literary works.
9. What is character motive?
10. Two consecutive lines of verse with end rhyme; expresses a complete unit of thought.
11. What literary device was used in the following example, "A cold wind rushed up the staircase."
12. "She had a very thin face like the dial of a small clock seen faintly in a dark room in the middle of a night."
13. "It was the color of flaming bronze and it was very large. And the sky around it was a blazing blue tile color. "
14. Device that spells out the way a sound would be spelled or appear in writing
15. "The student is a star", is an example of .....
16. The denotation of the word "home" is a place where someone lives.
17. Splash! Boom! Bang! Whoosh!
18. Don't act like a Romeo in front of her.
19. What is it called when an author uses a scene that interrupts and takes the narrative back in time?
20. What is the ending, where everything is wrapped up and the questions are answered called?
21. "There's a letter for you." "For me?" Jackson was pleased. He didn't get that much mail. "Where?" "On the coffee table." The envelope was pink. There were yellow roses on the flap. His name and address were in pencil. There was nothing to indicate danger. What context clues told us that he was unsure about the letter?
22. The deliberate downplay of a situation to create humor or special effects
23. Example:They roam the lonesome roads and never go home.
24. Fresh fried fish, Fish fresh fried, Fried fish fresh, Fish fried fresh.
25. When Caesar leaves out "esse" after a fourth principal part, he is using the literary device called
26. When the alarm clock sounded, Amy leaned over to turn it off and got up to start her day. She had no idea it would be one of the most memorable days of her life.
27. Cindy works at the local diner. She takes peoples' orders. She is friendly to everyone who enters the restaurant. She cleans up the dirty tables.
28. The study of the effect of the language, especially in persuasion and the way writers use language and its effect on readers/audience.
29. When a character is set against someone or something beyond their control
30. The sequence of events in a short story, usually divided into five parts.
31. Which of the following is an example of a literary analysis claim?
32. Audience knows more about a situation or event than the characters do
33. Technique in which writers employ two or more characters to be engaged in conversation with one another
34. Study of mankind
35. A subdivision of an act in a dramatic presentation in which the setting is fixed and the time continuous
36. Definition:the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of nearby words
37. Is the use of clues to hint at events that will occur later in the plot.
38. "Sarah saw six seahorses while swimming" is an example of .....
39. Billy feels strangely drawn to the Bell and Dragon and was compelled to enter.
40. Your explanation is as clear as mud.
41. Godfather Death is a folktale/fable from which country?
42. An inoffensive expression substituted for an offensive one is the definition of what term?
43. This sentence contains an example of:He ran around an heap of metal being swallowed by a greedy bramble of blackberry bushes.
44. Read the passage and determine its text structure! Ansel Bourne was a preacher, carpenter, and most likely an inspiration for the name "Bourne" in the movie and novel series, The Bourne Identity. Up until 1857, Bourne had been a carpenter, until he was called to religion. After 1858, he worked as an evangelical preacher, until 1887. He set up shop in Norristown, Pennsylvania, as a candy maker using the name A.J. Brown. Three months later, he woke up not knowing where he was, with no memory of the previous months. The case of Mr. Bourne has fascinated psychologists, and some film makers, for years.
45. How is repetition used in Horror?
46. A pilot has a fear of heights is an example of ..... (how can a person who flies fear heights?!)
47. A feeling or atmosphere a writer creates for the reader
48. The main character of the story is faced with an important decision that could change his life entirely. Which type of conflict is shown?
49. Multimodal textCombination of two or more communication modes (for example, print, image and spoken text, as in film or computer presentations).
50. "Guys are messy and unclean, but are really hard workers." is an example of .....
51. My new phone? Oh, that fell off the back of a truck.
52. A character's incentive or reason for acting in a certain manner
53. The time, place and atmosphere in which the story takes place
54. A figure of speech comparing two unlike things that have something in common-without using "like" or "as"
55. A struggle between a character and another character, the environment, or society.
56. You see a cat chasing a large dog across the yard.
57. "The lightning danced across the sky" is an example of this literary device.
58. I reached down to pick up the shards of glass around Ester's bare feet. She didn't move, but her tension was like the skin on the bright, tiny beads of blood. I curse, and, like an idiot, grabbed at a piece of glass. It pierced my thumb like a knife.
59. "As a doctor, I am qualified to tell you that this course of treatment will likely generate the best results."
60. The mental and emotional disposition of an author towards the subject matter they are writing about.
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