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Literary Devices Quiz 156 (60 MCQs)

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1. The most intense moment of the story; the turning point of the story
2. "As straight as an arrow" is an example of a .....
3. Which of the following is a run on sentence?
4. A direct comparison between two, unlike things. Usually uses the words like or as.
5. A character that undergoes an internal change between the beginning and end of the story. The character changes in some way-personality, outlook on life, values, etc
6. Students are sponges in the classroom.
7. Basketball is the only thing that ever mattered to him.
8. The idea or observation about people or human nature revealed through a story.
9. Some students sing silly songs on Saturday is an example of .....
10. During lunchtime at school, Arjun noticed that Nora was eating her food quickly. He commented, 'Nora is as hungry as a bear.' Identify the literary device used in Arjun's comment.
11. Explain Chronological Order in the structure of text.
12. On their wedding day, the groom gave his bride a bouquet of red roses. What do the red roses symbolize?
13. "Loud silence" and "small giant" are examples of
14. "Drip-hiss-drip-hiss fall the raindrops / on the oaken log which burns, and steams, and smokes the ceiling beams. / Drip-hiss-the rain never stops." This is an example of
15. The poem "There was a child went forth" by Walt Whitman is about how everything we experience in life changes or shapes us. This idea is the poem's .....
16. What type of irony happens when an expected outcome is reversed?
17. It rained on a couple's wedding day.
18. What is being used here?:I turned into the living room and heard the click-clack of her knitting needles.
19. What literary device is illustrated in this statement?"I feel so sleepy, I can sleep for a thousand years"
20. The popcorn popped in the microwave is an example of .....
21. Peter paid for the pretty poster.
22. A contrast between appearance and reality; usually when something is the opposite of what is expected.
23. Eye glasses can symbolize .....
24. The emotional atmosphere a writer creates in his/her work
25. How can we define the TONE of a story?
26. When an author uses foreshadowing, it is to .....
27. An epic hero travels over a vast setting, offering his services as a warrior to other communities and societies.
28. How the the components of the story are organized.
29. When the plot or another character hint at what is to come later on in the story
30. Read the sentence and choose the onomatopoeia.I love the swish of the basketball net.
31. Definition-a symbolic image or idea that appears frequently in a story. These can be symbols, sounds, actions, ideas, or words. They strengthen a story by adding images and ideas to the theme present throughout the narrative. Example-Throughout a story, there is surprisingly bad weather-snow, freezing rain, and even a tornado. These weather conditions further emphasize the larger theme of nature's power over humans.
32. Which literary device is most clearly used in this line from "The Prince and the She-Devils" ?"The buildings have ceilings decorated with stars, and gorgeous rich couches surrounded by silk curtains of many colors."
33. "I pulled the go-cart through the saw-tooth fern, down into the green dimness where the palmetto fronds whispered by the stream."
34. A part of something to refer to the whole
35. I am broken hearted.
36. What literary device does the Rodgers and Hammerstein song "Do I love you because you're beautiful? Or are you beautiful because I love you?" illustrate?
37. What does the word "Ideas" mean?
38. Hints or clues in a story that suggest what action is to come are referred to as this .....
39. What literary device is being used in the sentence 'The sky is a canvas painted with clouds'?
40. What is the name of the following literary device? "Her lovely voice is music to my ears."
41. The train slowed to a crawl.
42. When the narrator is all knowing .....
43. "He was following his brother around like a lost puppy"
44. "This town is colder now, I think it's sick of us." -OneRepublic What is this an example of?
45. Christina rubbed her lucky rabbit's foot before the big test.
46. What uses symbols to signify ideas and qualities, by giving them meanings that are different from their literal sense.
47. She is a cheetah on the race track.
48. Something happens that contradicts what the audience or reader expects.
49. A comparison between two unlike things using words such as like, as, resembles or than
50. Which matches the definition of tone?
51. A vaccine is a preparation of killed or weakened germs that is injected under the skin and causes the blood to produce antibodies against the disease. Effective vaccines, for instance, have been developed for small pox, rabies, and polio. What is the tone of the passage?
52. The feeling or attitude the reader receives from the characters.
53. What is the following an example of ..... "Make me your radio, turn me up when you feel low ..... "
54. When the writer establishes similar patterns of grammatical structure and length
55. A description of an object or action that is not literal.
56. Which figurative language is this an example of:The bathroom was as clean as a whistle.
57. "After the long run, he collapsed in the grass with tired and burning muscles. The grass tickled his skin and sweat cooled on his brow."
58. The NAACP's sit-in was a great way to get people to think.
59. How do the marionettes represent the characters' desires?
60. "The trees listened to the rumbling beneath the volcano's surface" is an example of .....
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