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Literary Devices Quiz 169 (60 MCQs)

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1. Katniss Everdeen from The Hunger Games is which type of character?
2. Giving human characteristics to objects/non-human things
3. The attitude the author adapts in regards to the subject, audience, or himself or herself
4. ..... is when the author/writer gives hints/clues about something that is going to happen later on in the text.
5. Which Point of View makes the character the narrator of the story. Reader hears and sees ONLY what the narrator hears and sees.
6. Which of the following is NOT a literary devices
7. Offset! Gon' whip it, intermission, let the birds fly I get money, tunnel vision through my third eyeIn that skillet, watch me flip it like it's Five GuysLook at my pilgrim, check out the ceilin', look at the blue sky
8. A well-painted mental image that appeals to one or more of the five senses is considered ..... ?
9. The quality of a literary or informative work that makes the character and/or situations seem funny, amusing, or ludicrous
10. What is the name of the following literary device? "And filled it full of sofa pillows. To go a-sailing on the billows."
11. The atmosphere of a piece of writing; the emotions the reader feels while reading
12. This type of character is not complex. He or she has only one or two main ideas or emotions.
13. Towering over the other plants, the sunflowers were a fence protecting the petunias.
14. A common expression whose meaning is not predictable from the usual meanings of its constituent elements (the expression has both a literal and figurative meaning within its context).
15. The main character or hero of the story.
16. Craig plays football and shows up at practice every day an hour early to begin his training. What character trait describes Craig?
17. The introduction to a story, including the primary characters' names, setting, mood, and time.
18. A theme is the author's underlying meaning, message or main or central point of idea that he is trying to convey.
19. Submitting to power or control.
20. I feel like we've been here forever.
21. If an author relays all the facts regarding a topic it shows
22. A statement which at first seems contradictory or untrue but which, upon deeper analysis or within a certain context, does hold a truth .....
23. "His nose grew like Pinocchio's with story after story from his "impressive" basketball game" What is the character doing based off the allusion to Pinocchio?
24. Which of the following is an example of verbal irony?
25. The use of language that appeals to the senses or creates images in the reader's mind.
26. The speech, thoughts, effect, actions, and looks of a character .....
27. I could sleep for an hour.
28. Conversation in literature
29. A metaphor that continues for several stanzas or the length of a poem
30. Why do writers use puns?
31. A character who remains the same throughout a narrative; he/she does not develop or change.
32. An exaggerated statement that emphasizes the significance of the statement's actual meaning
33. "Awfully good" is an example of .....
34. "Long live the rose that grew from concrete." The rose and concrete are examples of .....
35. Which of the following is NOT an example of a conflict?
36. "Time flew by as we laughed and danced." This line from a poem is an example of:
37. Tragic or depressing subject matter is dealt with in a humorous way
38. When a writer invokes the five senses
39. Which of the following is NOT a 3rd person point of view.
40. A character who acts as contrast to another character. Often a funny side kick to the dashing hero, or a villain contrasting the hero
41. Conversation between two or more characters in a story.
42. "Johnny jumped joyfully" is an example of .....
43. Extreme exaggeration (Ex. My backpack weighs a ton.)
44. When the struggle in the story is happening between the protagonist and him or herself, it is called .....
45. ..... is a literary device that allows writers to show their audience specific events that happened before the current action of the story.
46. "A run-on sentence, its phrases piling up without division, is as unsightly as a sink piled high with dirty dishes." (from "In Praise of the Humble Comma" by Pico Iyer)
47. What theme is it when Scrooge realizes he should have been nicer more during his life?
48. Balancing two or more ideas or arguments that are equally important.
49. It is a literary device where two or more words in a phrase or line of poetry share the same beginning consonant sound.
50. In Wonder, Space is a:
51. Unrhymed iambic pentameter, meaning there are 5 alternating unstressed and stressed beats.
52. "Imagery" is a .....
53. What literary device is present below? Asher was lightning on the field.
54. The character who opposes the main character is called the .....
55. "It is raining cats and dogs!" is an example of what? (Is it literally raining animals?)
56. The car honked, then beeped, and then suddenly stop with a loud, "Bang." This is an example of
57. An example of AUTHOR'S PURPOSE is:
58. What is the term for a direct comparison that doesn't use 'like' or 'as'?
59. Define personification in poetry.
60. Putting human characteristics towards a non-human thing.
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