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Literary Devices Quiz 155 (60 MCQs)

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1. Giving human qualities to objects
2. Name the literary device here:Well, it's ten acres with a windmill. Got a little shack on with a chicken run. Got a kitchen, orchard, cherries, apples, peaches, apricots, a few nuts, got a few berries. There's a place for alfalfa and plenty of water to flood it.
3. Repetition of the same or similar consonant sounds in words that are close together
4. Figurative language to evoke a sensory experience or create a picture with words for a reader. / Figurative language to evoke a sensory experience or create an image with words for a reader.
5. What is the inciting incident of a story?
6. Identify the literary device in the sentence:'The clock ticked and the door creaked.'
7. Three points to support an argument
8. Two lines put together to form a stanza. Usually the last words in each line rhyme.
9. The dark hallway stretched forward, emitting an odor that reminded me of decaying leaves.
10. How did Liesel feel about delivering the washing?
11. "We have a million math problems for homework" is an example of .....
12. A character that experiences great change, like Scout or Sam I Am.
13. Assigning human qualities or attributes to objects or to non human beings
14. I can resist everything except temptation.
15. Which definition is correct for the following term:Dramatic Irony
16. The moral of the story or lesson learned.
17. The fire station on your street just burned down.
18. Comparing two unlike things usually formed with "like" or "as"
19. When someone makes a literary, pop culture, musical, or other reference in a text/saying, it is called a(n) .....
20. When the gods step in to control a character's fate, whether it be for the better or for the worst
21. Protagonist and antagonist are types of .....
22. Also called vowel rhyme. When the middle of words sound alike.
23. An error in reasoning, a sneaky trick, or an illusion of thought used by politicians and the media to deceive us.
24. This is a story or situation that shows some sort of conflict or emotion through action and dialogue.
25. Who does the father refuse as godparents for his son?
26. Laughter is the best medicine
27. Which of the following contains all of the parts of the plot diagram?
28. A subordinate plot in a play, novel, or similar work.
29. A device that playwrights and filmmakers use in order to reveal inner thoughts and judgments of characters directly to the audience. This device is necessary since the viewer has no immediate access to those thoughts and feelings other than hearing them spoken on stage.
30. Two opposites, a contradiction
31. Determine if the sentence contains a simile or a metaphor. The dog's eyes were as black as coal.
32. What is the name of the online catalog where you can find print resources on your topic?
33. The soft, velvety petals of the rose brushed against her fingertips as she held it.
34. "The night is a big, black cat" is an example of
35. Which literary device is used to attribute human characteristics to inanimate objects or abstract ideas?
36. YOU (the reader) knows something that a character in the story does not. You're "in on a secret."
37. Which of the following uses colloquialism?
38. Why does the physician want to marry the princess?
39. Which literary device is used to create a specific atmosphere or emotional state in a literary work?
40. "The branches clutched at the kite string."This sentence is an example of .....
41. The trees bent in the wind as the wind tunnel tossed trash cans all over the street.
42. Find the simple subject in the following sentence:The lonely sheep went bowling on Tuesday.
43. Identify the vivid verb in the following sentence:The students explored the museum for the entire morning.
44. "bam, " "drip, " & "moo" are all examples of
45. A character in conflict with the main character.
46. What shall I say about the rising of the war in Tire and the German threats?
47. Use of exaggeration
48. An extreme exaggeration of a real event or situation
49. A comparison between two things, typically on the basis of their structure and for the purpose of explanation or clarification
50. What literary device was used in the following example, "The street lamp flickering opposite shone on a quiet and deserted road."
51. In a story where a character enters a difficult cooking competition, showing them struggling to bake a large cake is an example of .....
52. A group of young people are camping in the woods. In the middle of the night, they wake up to find themselves surrounded by a pack of wolves. They must work together to escape the danger. What type of conflict?
53. We can learn a lot about a character if we pay attention to how the character dresses and the character's body language and facial expressions.This type of characterization is under which category?
54. When a speaker intention is the opposite of what he or she is saying
55. The phrase 'as quiet as a mouse' is an example of .....
56. Which device improves a reader's experience of the text by immersing them more deeply by appealing to their senses?
57. A person, object, place, event, or action that suggests more than its literal meaning.
58. Indirect reference to some idea, figure, other text, place, or event that originates from outside the text.
59. Narrator is outside of the story
60. A literary term used to describe the events that make up a storyline in a narrative.
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