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Literary Devices Quiz 153 (60 MCQs)

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1. This type of allusion refers to the viewer or reader is meant to infer the connection between the work at hand and the allusion.
2. The hero/heroine of the story
3. Impartial, balanced, objective, unbiased
4. "My sister is a bear when she wakes up." This is an example of a .....
5. This is an example of what kind of literary device:"The roaring thunder tore across the sky and made my ears ring."
6. The sound a thing makes
7. TO INFORM, TO PERSUADE, and TO ENTERTAIN are examples of:
8. What does the character of the Englishman represent in The Alchemist?
9. When something stands for meaning beyond itself it is called .....
10. Which of the following examples are NOT considered foils?
11. Replacing a harsh or potentially offensive word or phrase with something milder and less direct.
12. A "Heart equals Love" is an example of .....
13. The sentence " "How can you argue your case for vegetarianism when you are enjoying that steak?" is an example of what type of Fallacy?
14. A phrase or expression whose meaning cannot be understood from the literal definitions of the individual words.
15. This is an example of what kind of literary device:"Time is money."
16. The dog is as white as snow. What is this?
17. "Miles was a parson."
18. "Two gray trunks rubbed each other with an evil speaking that no one had noticed by day" is an example of this literary term.
19. The written text and lines.
20. State the thing that is given human trait in the sentence, one look at the garden and you could tell that the plants were begging for water.
21. My soul is spiraling in frozen fractals all around
22. What's the headcount for next week's party?
23. "She acts like Scrooge with her money and won't share it with anyone." You have to infer what it means, so this is an .....
24. The mother may feel guilty if she thinks she's patient but loses her temper with her children. It is the example of .....
25. A common figure of speech whose meaning is different from the literal meaning of the words
26. The mistaken use of an incorrect word in place of a word with a similar sound usually resulting in a sentence that does not make sense in a humorous way.
27. Which quote best reveals satire?
28. Word choice to create a specific effect
29. Point of view where the narrator follows one or maybe two characters using he, she, or they
30. The colors of the rainbow looked like a box of crayons.
31. Moreover a man moved to Michigan with Mary
32. The young man predicted, "Basketball will be my one-way ticket out of this neighborhood and to a better life."
33. Beginning of the story, when characters, setting, and conflict are introduced
34. The rising action of a story is
35. Then the waves of the corrupted Ceres and the Cereals prepare their weapons
36. Alicia Keys:She's just a girl, and she's on fire Hotter than a fantasy, longer like a highway
37. In general, professional athletes are overpaid.
38. Life is a journey; travel it well.
39. What is the plot of Illegal?
40. Which of these sentences contains a use of simile?
41. This literary device gives inanimate or inhuman objects human characteristics
42. When a thought runs on from one line to another without final punctuation
43. 'The use of objects and images to represent ideas, qualities, and emotions' defines what?
44. Wilshane has tons of video games.
45. Which of the following is an example of symbolism in literature?
46. A character, Flora, goes on a field trip to an amusement park. She tells her teacher she's scared to go on the roller coasters. "No way I'm going on those!" she thinks. Flora's classmates comment on how she's shaking and looks pale. Based on this evidence, one trait that describes Flora is .....
47. What literary device is used in the sentence:'The stars danced playfully in the moonlit sky'?
48. Which purpose suggests that setting adds realism to the story or makes it more believable?
49. I am a cloud/ dancing in the sky.
50. Which literary device is shown here?69 ..... tuque, o confisa figurae, 70 infelix Lethaea, tuae, iunctissima quondam
51. The lines "The rain was falling, / a mist about his white hair"show an example of
52. A word that sounds like the sound it represents
53. What sense is being engaged most in this example:the streets glistened like shiny ornaments after the rain
54. "She wore a navy blue poplin raincoat over gray sweatpants and whitesneakers, looking, at thirty-three, like the type of woman she'd once claimed she would never resemble"Could be an example of:
55. The author's use of descriptive language to activate the reader's five senses is the definition for .....
56. You are walking up the steps and trip. Your best friend says, "Nice Job" What type of literary device is this?
57. The narrator knows the thoughts and feelings of all the characters.allows the readers to see into the minds of multiple charactersall characters are described using pronouns such as they, he, she
58. Which of the following is a symbol in TEWWG?
59. When discussing literature, how is the word 'setting' used?
60. Narrator is a character in the story
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