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Literary Devices Quiz 161 (60 MCQs)

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1. What does Suspense mean?
2. I threw on an old sweater, shirt, and pants, and ran to breakfast. What is the phrase in blue?
3. A long, uninterrupted speech given from one character to another.
4. A comparison of two like things, as if one is a stand-in or a representation of, the other
5. When the audience knows something the characters do not yet know
6. Which of the following is repetition?
7. A category of artistic composition, characterized by similarities in form, style, or subject matter.
8. A speaker addresses a person or object that cannot respond to him or her
9. Placing two things that directly oppose each other (often abstract concepts) near each other or directly side-by-side so the reader can compare them.
10. The struggle between opposing forces or characters in a story; can be internal or external
11. My homework is taking me forever to finish!
12. Which of the following choices is an example of an idiom?
13. Which literary device gives human qualities to an idea or thing?
14. What is a statement that appears to be self-contradictory or silly, but may include an underlying truth?
15. "William Butten, a youth, servant to Samuel Fuller, "
16. In Greek mythology, King Midas is granted his wish that everything he touches turn to gold. What is the meaning of the allusion in the sentence below?When it comes to starting new businesses, Elon Musk seems to have a Midas touch.
17. What is the term for comparing two things using 'like' or 'as'?
18. A character that undergoes change.
19. A rhetorical device in which two seemingly contradictory words are used together for effect (i.e. poor, little, rich girl; jumbo shrimp)
20. The sun glows brightly in the sky. What literary device is used here?
21. A Protagonist is a ..... ?
22. A Dog, to whom the butcher had thrown a bone, was hurrying home with his prize as fast as he could go. As he crossed a narrow bridge, he looked down and saw his reflection in the quiet water as if in a mirror. But the greedy Dog thought he saw a real Dog carrying a bone much bigger than his own. If he had stopped to think he would have known better. But instead of thinking, he dropped his bone and sprang at the Dog in the river, only to find himself swimming for dear life to reach the shore. At last he managed to scramble out, and as he stood sadly thinking about the good bone he had lost, he realized what a foolish Dog he had been. What is the theme?
23. The practice of giving human traits to nonhumans in writing. "The fire danced" is an example.
24. Which stage of the plot progression follows the climax?
25. What is a possible theme of this poem?
26. When reality is different from appearance; the implied meaning of a statement is the opposite of its literal or obvious meaning
27. The verbal expression of sensory experience; descriptive or figurative language used to create world pictures; is created by details that appeal to one or more of the five senses.
28. What is the purpose of hyperbole in literature?
29. The contrast between what the character thinks to be true and what we (the reader) know to be true .....
30. This is a figure of speech in which something is described as though it were something else.
31. I've asked you a million times to clean your room!
32. The door opened and closed by itself and had a brain of its' own.
33. Darth Vader is an ..... of a villain in Star Wars. (He is the most common example of)
34. The physical and social context in which the action of a story occurs. The major elements are the time, the place, and the social environment that frames the characters.
35. Narrator exists outside the events of the story, and relates the actions of the characters by referring to their names or by the third-person pronouns he, she, or they.
36. The example highlighted below is an example of? The leaves danced in the wind.
37. "Cuz it's cool when ya cause a cozy conditionin'. Which we create, cuz that's our mission"
38. We shall fight in France, we shall fight on the seas and oceans, we shall fight with growing confidence and growing strength in the air, we shall defend our island, whatever the cost may be. We shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender
39. "The lightening danced across the sky"
40. The point of a text where everything changes.
41. Cocoa as thick and rich as melted chocolate bars
42. What is Miss K's favorite color?
43. Comparison by saying one thing IS another thing
44. "Wee fat little shank, but nice sap when all's said and done"
45. A figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another of a different kind used to make a description more vivid using like or as.
46. She is pretty as a picture.This is an example of .....
47. During a poetry session, Victor said, 'The moon was a ghostly galleon tossed upon cloudy seas'. Which literary device is Victor using in his statement?
48. Describing something using the five senses
49. You're a ray of sunshine!
50. What do shops, synagogues, Reichstags, houses, personal items, slain people, and books all have in common?
51. Am I talking to a brick wall?
52. The dead leaves beneath them are merrily dancing. This line is a example of .....
53. Why did Liesel have to go live with the Hubermann's?
54. What is the conflict in Illegal?
55. "I thought I'd awaken to a world in mourning."What poetic device is this an example of?
56. Which statement is the best answer. " What is analysis?"
57. All the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely players. (-William Shakespeare)
58. "Mr. Fagin fiercely fought fifty-five fireflies" is an example of this literary device.
59. What type of figurative language is shown? The ocean waves danced in the moonlight.
60. "People started screaming at the top of their lungs. Campers stormed the court, lifting us up on their shoulders as if we'd won the NBA championship (or the Nobel Prize). Kids were hugging each other. Kids were hugging Dr. Mal Dwayne got doused in Gatorade. It was a madhouse. A happy madhouse" (76).Greenwald, Tommy. Charlie Joe Jacksons' Guide to Summer Vacation. New York:Roaring Brook Press, 2013.
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