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Literary Devices Quiz 168 (60 MCQs)

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1. The literary device, Theme, means .....
2. A minor story that runs inside the main story
3. Regular pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in poetry
4. A character who goes through changes throughout the course of a story
5. "They crowded very close about him, with their hands always on him in a careful, caressing grip, as though all the while feeling him to make sure he was there. It was like men handling a fish which is still alive and may jump back into the water."
6. First person narrative method:
7. How many Acts are in 'No Sugar'?
8. There are two syllables in the word
9. -"Romeo's a dishclout to him"
10. This type of character undergoes an important change in a story, like The Cowardly Lion or Beast in Beauty and the Beast.
11. A metrical foot with a long syllable followed by 2 short syllables (-uu)
12. A German word for "coming of age", usually a teen's transition to adulthood or sometimes a hero's quest for a specific goal.
13. String of words with same initial consonant sound
14. Problem or struggle the main characters are facing
15. How do Scrooge's words about poor people dying come back to haunt him?
16. The cry was pinched off short as the blood-warm waters of the Caribbean Sea closed over his head.
17. ShankShuck-faceSlopperBaggerKlunkKeeperSlim yourself
18. The attitude of a writer toward a subject is called .....
19. The general atmosphere-the array of feelings the work evokes in the reader.
20. A person, place, object, or activity that stands for something beyond itself is a .....
21. The general feeling created for the reader or audience by the work at a given point:atmosphere.
22. It is a literary device used when a nonhuman thing is given human characteristics.
23. A certain feeling or "vibe" readers get from words and descriptions:
24. The development of a character in a text by showing the reader their actions.
25. It is a feeling the poet/writer is trying to convey.
26. Writer uses words or expressions with a meaning that is different from the literal interpretation.
27. I am as quick as a fox.
28. The authors choice of words ..... defines which term
29. Boom! Clap!The sound of my heart
30. What literary device does the phrase "On the morrow he will leave me, as my hopes have flown before" , contains?
31. The emotional associations of words
32. The author tells the story, using the third person, but is limited to reporting what the characters say or do; the author does not interpret their behavior or tell us their private thoughts or feelings.
33. Which of the options below defines the term hyperbole?
34. A struggle between a character and an outside force, such as another character, society, fate, or force of nature
35. Which is NOT an example of descriptive writing?
36. Hinting at future events in a story
37. This type of irony is where the audience knows more than the characters. We know more than the characters do with creates humor or suspense.
38. A made-up story that is based on a real time and place in history, so fact is mixed with fiction.
39. Identify the literary device in the following passage: "Only last week did we develop penicillin and television and nuclear power, and now if America's new spacecraft succeeds in reaching Venus, we will have literally reached the stars before midnight tonight" (Kennedy 2). HINT:Penicillin and television were discovered in the late 1920s and nuclear power was discovered in the 1930s. This speech was written in 1962.
40. "But soft, what light through yonder window breaks? It is the east, and Juliet is the sun!" (Shakespeare). What type of figurative language is this?
41. This is the name of the events leading up to the climax of a story.
42. Go slow over the road.
43. What is the correct example of onomatopoeia
44. My paper stared back at me while I was trying to study, is an example of what?
45. The example highlighted below is an example of? The black birddog boldly began to bark.
46. A word choice to create a specific effect.
47. The relationship between the narrator and the story is called
48. What narration is used in this passage? Nelson was wondering if his friend, Jordan, had the new Space Alien Invasion video game. And Nelson couldn't wait to play the game with him.
49. Identify a more vivid way to write the verb in the following sentence:The boy found a sick cat in the woods and touched its fur to comfort it.
50. The righteous shall flourish as the palm tree.
51. Which subject contains the most syllables?
52. A huge city standing alone at the top of the world
53. There are a zillion stars in the sky tonight.
54. What is are the literary elements?
55. A warning or indication of a future event is .....
56. Read the following passage and identify the main idea:One night, as I watched my newborn son sleep, studying his beautiful face, I suddenly became filled with fear. I was convinced I would screw him up-that all my problems would wash over him, tarnishing his perfect soul. Strangely, while panicking about my son's impending doom, Dad popped to mind. I sat there in the dark, surrounded by the soothing sounds and smells of my baby's room, and I thought of how Dad must have felt when I was born. I knew at that moment that he never intended to hurt me. I realized that he loved me just as I loved my son. I knew that he had done the best he could, even if it wasn't always very good.
57. Define Tone in the context of an author's writing.
58. Identify the literary device:"Murmur of fresh jungle rain"
59. A figure of speech that refers to a well-known story, event, person, song, object, etc., in order to make a comparison in the readers mind.
60. The way the author feels about the writing.
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