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Literary Devices Quiz 16 (60 MCQs)

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1. The use of words whose sounds imitate or suggest their meaning
2. What is the word that describes the turning point or the point of great suspense or action?
3. Exaggeration used to emphasize a point, often for comedic or dramatic effect.
4. "The stars will cry."
5. Words are used in quick succession and begin with letters belonging to the same sound group.
6. Definition-a reference to something else. It's when a writer mentions some other work, or refers to an earlier part of the current work. Example- "A single grain of rice can tip the scale-one man may be the difference between victory and defeat. [Cut to an image of Mulan picking up a single grain of rice with her chopsticks.]"
7. To identify similarities between two ideas, events, characters, settings, etc.
8. This conflict pits man against machine.
9. The literary device, Flashback, means .....
10. Showing favor toward one side; a preconceived opinion about someone/thing usually based on prejudice.
11. When someone says something but means the opposite
12. What is the tone of the following text? "I will not!" she shouted. "I will not be left at the mercy of our enemies while you slink away!" (108).
13. Has only one or two personality traits
14. Laughter was always heard in my grandfather's house. The house was full of big belly laughs, polite chuckles, heavy laughs, light laughs, laughs that went on for minutes at a time, and short bursts of laughter that came and were gone in a second. What I remember most about visiting my grandfather's house was the laughter. The most likely reason the writer of this passage repeats "laugh" and "laughter" is to
15. Compares one object to another by using like or as
16. Inciting Incident
17. If you want to write a paper that tries to convince a person of a point of view it would be called what type of paper?
18. The use of vivid description to create a picture in the reader's mind is what type of figurative language?
19. A group of more than one line; often separated from other groups of lines by a space.
20. An interruption in the story to show events that happened at an earlier time.authors use these to show something about a character's past
21. A figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind, used to make a description more emphatic or vivid
22. A figure of speech that compares seemingly unlike things without using "like" or "as" is called
23. The sun was like a yellow ball in the sky.
24. Words are spelled to indicate how the speech of a region or character sounds.
25. Which literary device is shown here?678 accessere boni nec iners pauperque voluntas.
26. A vivid verb is.....
27. What is the definition of advantage?
28. Identify the literary device/ technique:The big, fresh, juicy orange is very cold and sweet.
29. "A man who needs medical assistance is run over by the ambulance." is an example of:
30. This is a subject to which attributes are ascribed in a metaphor.
31. "the rose that grew from a crackin the concrete" (1-2)
32. Why does Mrs. Jones wish Roger were her own son?
33. Fill in the blank with the missing words:Foreshadowing is a ..... that creates .....
34. Lit. form that is brief and fiction, usually only time for one plot
35. You mean the world to me.
36. Identify the literary device in the sentence:'His words were like a dagger to her heart'.
37. Which of the following literary devices is when you hint at something that will happen later in the text?
38. When an author gives a clue about something that will happen later in the story, it is called .....
39. "The moon smiled and the stars twinkled 'Good night.' " is an example of .....
40. Which literary device is exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally?
41. Ryan hasn't found the trail or water since he got lost this morning. Night is quickly approaching.
42. NarrativeA story of events or experiences, real or imagined. In literary theory, narrative includes the story (what is narrated) and the discourse (how it is narrated).
43. A type of sarcasm used to "make fun" of a particular trait or idea in order to create a reaction, typically negative, from the reader.
44. " ..... the creepers dropped their ropes like the rigging of foundered ships" is an example of this literary term.
45. When the author explicitly says what a character is like. For example:Joe was only 4 feet tall and extremely shy.
46. Which matches the definition of hyperbole?
47. Little Boy Blue, come blow your horn.The sheep's in the meadow, the cow's in the corn.
48. Wraps up the narrative, resolves its loose ends, and leads toward the closure.
49. A metaphor that is developed over several lines of writing or even through an entire poem or paragraph
50. A direct comparison
51. Which point of view uses the word "I" ?
52. Life is a highway. Life is a highway.
53. How the writer feels about his subject that comes through based upon the types of words chosen
54. Complete the analogy.Page is to book as tree is to .....
55. What is the effect of using puns in writing?
56. The dying oak tree cried from the from the pressure of the autumn wind. What literary device is being used?
57. What is being used here?:I've told you a million times to write your name on the paper as soon as you get it.
58. "As Campbell twirled, her headband angrily slapped Mrs. Brennan across the face." What human characteristic is being given?
59. This box is so heavy it weights a ton!
60. Female parent who loves and cares for me. (Positive)
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