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Literary Devices Quiz 164 (60 MCQs)

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1. Molly munches on multiple M&Ms.
2. A statement that appears contradictory or self-defeating but may reveal a truth.
3. Which word means a set of steps leading from one floor of a building to another, typically inside the building?
4. The author's specific word choice to add effect.
5. When the outcome of a situation is very different from, or the opposite of, what you would expect
6. What does Mae mean when she says "The worst is happening at last!"
7. I finally met the Rizal in our classroom.
8. A technique in which a writer interrupts a story to go back and explain an earlier event
9. Referring to something that is not human as if it were human
10. When nonhuman objects are given human descriptions this is .....
11. Select the example of imagery:
12. An example of this device might be "Don't give up when hope is lost."
13. She and her cousin ..... tennis every weekend except in the winter.
14. Tone in literature refers to:
15. :The time, place, and social context in which a story takes place.
16. When an author provides hints about what a character is like it's called
17. Tiffany loved when her teachers gave her creative projects. Her favorite things to do were paint, write music, play her guitar, and mold pottery. This is an example of .....
18. Lazarus's line " Here at our sea-washed, sunset gates shall stand" is an example of .....
19. We were both young when I first saw you I close my eyes and the flashback starts I'm standin' there On a balcony in summer air See the lights, see the party, the ball gowns See you make your way through the crowd And say, "Hello" Little did I know(Taylor Swift)
20. The way the story makes the reader feel, such as sad, hopeful, frightened
21. In stories, articles, movies, authors/writers will place items with more emphasis and meaning for the reader/viewer to later understand its greater purpose
22. What is the purpose of literary devices in writing?
23. I need to use the restroom urgently.
24. A dynamic character is a character that .....
25. The arrangement or framework of a sentence, paragraph, or entire work is .....
26. Which literary device is being used in the following sentence:'The trees danced in the wind.'?
27. What literary device is used in the phrase 'the sun kissed the earth'?
28. AN OBJECT OR IDEA THAT REPEATS ITSELF THROUGHOUT A LITERARY WORK.
29. Read the sentence and choose the onomatopoeia. Saya was doing the dishes and the clanging pots awoke the baby.
30. The overall feeling a literary work creates for the reader
31. Which is NOT example of a synecdoche?
32. Going back to share something that happened earlier
33. A struggle between two or more forces (ex. Person vs. Nature)
34. Donate just $ 1 a day to starving children. Make sure no one goes hungry under your watch .....
35. Which of the following is used in the sentence? His eyes were as blue as the sky.
36. Which of the following is a symbol?
37. What is this the definition of? A word that imitates the sound it represents
38. Applying human characteristics to non-human objects.
39. Her heart at that point was slippery and hot, and loud, so loud so loud.
40. Term used for language and description that appeals to our five senses
41. These phrases are examples of what literary device:"alone together"; "the sound of silence"
42. The pattern of sound created by stressed and unstressed syllables.
43. Giving human characteristics to inanimate things
44. Sometimes I feel like my only friend is the city I live in, the city of angels. Lonely as I am, together we cry.(Red Hot Chilli Peppers)
45. This is as useful as rearranging deck chairs on the Titanic.
46. What literary device describes one sense in terms of another?
47. Plays are divided into
48. A contrast between what the character thinks to be true and what we (the readers) know to be true is called ..... ?
49. What are the functions of literary devices?
50. This poetic device uses words with the same first letter to make a powerful effect.
51. Which of these sentences contains a use of personification?
52. What is the emotion or feeling of a poem called?
53. Which Literary Device is in the following sentence:My brother and I were sardines packed in the car for 8 hours.
54. Which of the following is the best definition of onomatopoeia?
55. Repetition of words is referred to as .....
56. The use of hints and clues to suggest what will happen later in a plot. Ex. "Our hero is in a Wild West saloon. The hero walks in and orders a drink. Over in the corner, the bad guy watches him drink. As the hero leaves, the bad guy spits on the floor (what do you think will happen?)."
57. Only one character's thoughts are revealed but the author refers to that character as "he" or "she"
58. Exaggerating to the extreme
59. Chose the literary device in this line."like a terrible fish"
60. Storytelling in which the narrator tells only what one character thinks, feels, and observes. Uses pronouns he, she, they
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