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Literary Devices Quiz 14 (60 MCQs)

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1. What is this an example of? "There's too many kids in the tub. There's too many elbows to scrub."
2. Giving a nonhuman human qualities is called .....
3. You break a date with your girlfriend so you can go to the ball game with the guys. When you go to the concession stand, you run into your girl, who is with another guy.
4. "Love is a battlefield" is an example of
5. I am dying of shame.
6. One who tells lies, conceals information, misjudges with respect to the narrative
7. "Your teeth are like stars; they come out at night."What poetic device is this an example of?
8. "The clock was glaring at me" is an example of .....
9. "The sibilant snake slithered silently through the grass." This line from a poem is an example of:
10. A metrical foot made up of 2 long syllables ( ..... )
11. "Chocolate cake is my Achilles heel."
12. The landlady's dog and parrot are stuffed.
13. What is an Critical Inquiry?
14. Mr Smith has 4 daughters. Each of his daughters has a brother. How many children does Mr Smith have?
15. In Greek mythology, Achilles's mother dips him in a river that protects his body wherever it touches. His heel does not get wet, so it is the one part of his body left unprotected. During the Trojan War, an arrow hits Achilles in the heel and kills him.Red velvet cupcakes were Stacy's Achilles's heel when she was trying to eat more healthily. In the above sentence "Achilles's heel" is an example of a
16. Giving human characteristics to something nonhuman
17. He was crazy as a fox.
18. Which literary device is shown here?4 adfuit ille quidem, sed nec sollemnia verba5 nec laetos vultus nec felix attulit omen.
19. An exaggerated way of saying something not intended to be taken literally in order to prove a point
20. Select the example of a metaphor.
21. The phrase "dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before" is an example of which literary device?
22. What do you call language that is slang or informal, such as giving someone a "guilt trip" or getting something "messed up."
23. Using a mild or gentle phrase instead of a blunt, embarrassing, or painful one
24. Symbolic image or idea that appears frequently in a story.
25. What is the purpose of using irony in literature?
26. A word, phrase, or idea that is repeated for effect
27. Kopper is the apple of my eye.
28. What is the meaning of the allusion?My friend was being a total Scrooge when I asked her to share her M&Ms.
29. Freaky Fran fried four frogs.
30. A literary technique in which two or more ideas, places, characters, and their actions are placed side by side, for the purpose of developing comparisons and contrasts is called
31. Which of the following is used in the sentence? Noemi swims like a fish.
32. Which literary device makes things more alive by giving them human traits?
33. Identify the type of conflict:John and his best friend went out on a fishing boat. After a while out at sea, a huge storm came and both men struggled to stay aboard the boat. The violent winds and huge waves were overwhelming them with fear.
34. Using descriptive writing to create images in the reader's mind
35. Presents action in the order in which it occurs
36. The repetition of vowel sounds in nearby words, especially in stressed syllables. It is often used to create melody, emphasize certain words, or create a particular mood.
37. What type of literary device is found in the following quite: "I am in love with those two green apples you call eyes" (27).
38. A figure of speech in which the importance or magnitude of something is minimized for ironic or comedic effect.
39. Child, kid, toddler, juvenile, youngster.
40. This literary device uses repeated sounds at the beginnings of words
41. A form of figurative language in which something that is not human is given human characteristics. This device is often used in poetry to enhance the meaning and beauty of poems
42. What is the definition for Oxymoron?
43. What sense is being engaged most in this example:The television buzzed as it shut off, and the furnace sighed one last time before the house fell silent.
44. My favourite movie is The Night of the Living Dead.
45. The attitude of a writer on a particular subject conveyed through the choice of words or the viewpoint of a writer on a particular subject
46. A form of extended metaphor in which objects, persons, and actions in a narrative are equated with meanings that lie outside the narrative itself. The underlying meaning may have moral, social, religious, or political significance, and characters are often personifications of abstract ideas such as charity, greed, or envy
47. Luna, James, and Rohan are having a debate. They are trying to figure out what is the main idea of a poem. Can you help them out?
48. When a writer provides hints of future events in a story.
49. A story that is not true
50. Which of the following is an example of internal conflict?
51. Extended metaphor
52. The latest craze or fad; everyone has to have it.
53. ..... is an intentional exaggeration not intended to be taken literally.
54. This is a literary device through which writer present their characters and setting in a way that it appeals to the physical senses of sight, hearing, touch, smell and taste along with feelings and movement. It requires the writer to provide detailed descriptions that allow the reader to experience the character or the setting through the author's eyes.
55. What is the main function of the protagonist in a story?
56. ModeThe various processes of communication-listening, speaking, reading/viewing and writing/creating. Modes are also used to refer to the semiotic (meaning making) resources associated with these communicative processes, such as sound, print, image and gesture.
57. Which literary term is showcased in the following quote:The earth shook a little and we heard the rat-a-tat-tat of gunfire.
58. 'Denham's Dentifrice, Denham's Dandy Dental Detergent, Denham's Dentifrice Dentifrice Dentifrice' (p. 75)
59. An ordinary object, event, animal, or person to which we have attached extraordinary meaning and significance
60. In Toy Story, human characters are not aware that the toys speak and move, but the audience is.
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