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Literary Devices Quiz 139 (60 MCQs)

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1. When the opposite of what happened actually happens, like a TWIST in the story.
2. 5th grade is a breeze for some people. For others, it's a giant earthquake.
3. "We were partners, not soul mates, two separate people who happened to be sharing a menu and a life." What type of literary device is this an example of?
4. "The place was like a witch's kitchen!"
5. A kind and gentle way of saying something harsh is a .....
6. This is a short, introductory section that provides background information for a play or novel
7. Her hair was a mop of yarn, tangled in the back and frizzy in the front.
8. Characterization through the character's dialogue or actions
9. They struggled over boulders, crevices and unscalable precipices.
10. To awaken someone.
11. "A horse is a very stable animal"
12. Susan sat alone and sang sad songs.
13. Which word means a recurring subject, theme, or idea in a literary work?
14. The way a writer develops characters' personalities ..... what characters say and do, how they dress, how other characters speak about them.
15. The event that sets the central conflict in motion
16. Example:He was barking up the wrong tree.
17. Giving human qualities or characteristics to animals or inanimate objects
18. "When he saw dark figures in front of him on the path, he knew trouble might be just ahead!"
19. "The dark sky, filled with angry, swirling clouds, reflected Greg Ridley's mood, " is an example of which literary device?
20. Life is box of hot chilli peppers.
21. A word that looks and is spelled like the sound it makes.
22. When a writer compares two things without mentioning one of them, we call it a(n) .....
23. Pronouns used in first person point of view:
24. Saturday Night Live is mostly satire
25. Imagine you are reading a book where the author describes the sun as a 'blazing furnace'. This comparison is made without using the words 'like' or 'as'. What literary device is being used here?
26. He took a tissue from the box on the coffee table. His nose ran most of the time, so there were boxes of tissue all over the house. But when something happened to make him emotional ..... like this letter ..... his nose poured. By describing how much the his nose runs, the author is telling the reader:
27. He was sweating LIKE a pig is an example of
28. When an author inserts a famous quotation, poem, song, or other short passage or text at the beginning of a larger text (e.g., a book, chapter, etc.).
29. "what is the author trying to teach me through this story?" This is a question you can ask yourself to figure out the .....
30. This type of text structure uses signal words like "alike, " "unlike, " and "as opposed to."
31. Montag is a fireman. Instead of putting out fires, he starts them.
32. Her dress danced in the breeze
33. Which line is an example of assonance?
34. When the writer or speaker uses their descriptions to catch the SENSES of the reader or listener
35. WHAT IS THIS DEVICE CALLED"EVERY MORNING 7 AM, MY CLOCK COMES ALIVE"
36. The character with few personality traits is called .....
37. Contradictory or contrasting words placed together to achieve a different meaning
38. Which of the following is the ONLY internal conflict?
39. The giving of human-like traits to inanimate (non-human) objects is known as ..... ?
40. Fred ate five French fries on Friday.
41. The use of an object to represent a larger idea or quality.
42. Words that appeal to the senses.
43. A literary device that is used in stories to give clues to upcoming events is called
44. Struggle within a character
45. What is it when the attitude of the writer evokes feeling toward a subject or audience?
46. "The word girl had formerly seemed to me innocent and unburdened, like the word child; now it appeared that it was no such thing. A girl was not, as I had supposed, simply what I was; it was what I had to become. It was a definition, always touched with reproach and disappointment."
47. "Fair is foul, and foul is fair." Who is speaking in this line? What is the context?
48. When the current setting is interupted to go back in time to learn more about a character or a situation, it is called .....
49. An object that stands for something beyond itself.
50. Which Literary Device is in the following sentence:Your smile is like the sun rising on a clear summer day.
51. What is author's attitude?
52. A work with two levels of meaning, a literal one and a symbolic one defines the following term
53. Which idiom goes the best with this sentence? I have a problem.
54. All are advantages of 1st person Point-of-View EXCEPT .....
55. What is a story with a fully developed theme but is significantly shorter and less elaborate than a novel?
56. If the story goes back in time to show you something, the author is using:
57. Which word gives the best overall description of Fezziwig?
58. An indirect reference.
59. Puritan writing, like Of Plymouth Plantation, can be classified as
60. "With this faith we will be able to hew out of the mountain of despair a stone of hope. With this faith we will be able to transform the genuine discords of our nation into a beautiful symphony of brotherhood. With this faith we will be able to work together, pray together; to struggle together, to go to jail together, to stand up for freedom forever, knowing that we will be free one day." This section of "I Have a Dream" demonstrates an example of:
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