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Literary Devices Quiz 171 (60 MCQs)

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1. Mr. Hoffman is as cool as a cucumber!
2. Which point of view uses a narrator that tells the story from only one character's perspective?
3. If you put on your thinking cap, you can help me solve this problem.
4. The third person narrator relates the thoughts and feelings of only one character.
5. A word or phrase that contains two seemingly contradictory elements
6. Definition:Two ideas, places, or characters placed beside each other for contrasting effect.
7. Which of the following is the overall ATMOSPHERE created by an author in literature?
8. A phrase whose meaning is different than the dictionary definition of the individual words (i.e. it's raining cats and dogs). The phrase has a figurative and not a literal meaning.
9. Which of the following choices is an example of personification?
10. What is the one condition Scrooge gave Cratchit in order to let him have Christmas Day off?
11. "The galaxy is changing. Planets are falling out of alignment, " is an example of:
12. Speaking parts between characters (occasionally one character talking to him/herself)
13. The acknowledgement given to an author when you use a quote (the "exact words") of an author (Sonnenschein 17).
14. What is the connotation of the word 'home'?
15. What is the meaning of the term 'foreshadowing' in literature?
16. Conflict can be divided into two categories:internal and .....
17. " ..... the beam from the flashlight danced crazily along the peeling wallpaper, " is an example of which literary device?
18. Identify the literary device:"The crash. The attic smashing into kitchen and parlour"
19. A character who is only portrayed in one setting is considered to be .....
20. Which of these is the correct definition of "allegory" ?
21. A reference to a well known person, place, thing, event, or literary work
22. Which one is a simile
23. The house must have cost an arm and a leg
24. The lost campers sweltered in the heat of the desert sun.
25. "His voice was booming." This sentence is an example of:
26. Which of the following is an abstract noun?
27. And, but, nor, or
28. " She has a heart of gold" is an an example of .....
29. This is the development of the characters in the story.
30. "The cold mud squished beneath my feet and I worried my shoes would get stuck in it" is an example of .....
31. The sun was a furnace today
32. ..... is a figure of speech pairing two words together that are opposing and/or contradictory.
33. Which literary device is shown here?50 hanc simul et legem Rhodopeius accipit heros,
34. Exaggeration is used for emphasis or effect
35. Which literary device is being used in the sentence, "The snowflakes were tiny crystals" ?
36. The use of "I", "me", "mine" in a point of view is considered ..... ?
37. Can you explain the process of summarizing texts and why it's valuable in comprehending and discussing a story?
38. The test was a piece of cake to take!
39. A text in which the apparent meaning of the characters and events is used to symbolize a deeper moral or spiritual meaning
40. What literary device is present in the following quote? "It was in the clove of seasons, summer was dead but autumn had not yet been born, that the ibis lit in the bleeding tree."
41. Which of the following is an example of a TEXT?
42. What makes a comparison between two unlike things, using words such as like, as, than, or resembles.
43. What is this an example of?He is as cold as ice.
44. Falling in love can be a terrible thing.
45. When an author TELLS the reader what the character's personality is
46. A category of artistic composition, as in music or literature, characterized by similarities in form, style, or subject matter. Ex. horror, fantasy, biography, etc.
47. Define:Understatement
48. These two things are connected. If the write does one effectively, it should match with the other in how it makes the reader feel.
49. Which trick? Repeating specific words or phrases to make a point or stress a certain idea to the reader.
50. If an author is using a quote from the Constitution, they are using what literary device?
51. Dr. and Lawyers use specific words that are only used in their professions. Many of these worrds we don't know. What type of literary device is this?
52. My young girl's eyes are red with tears.
53. Which literary device uses a repeated sound?
54. My heart went "boom boom, " is an example of what?
55. Denotation means the literal, dictionary definition.
56. POV:the story is told by a narrator outside the action
57. Identify the simile in the following sentences:
58. "You, with your words like knivesAnd swords and weapons that you use against me" -T. Swift
59. "Ten thousand saw I at a glanceTossing their heads in sprightly dance"What literary devices are used in those sentences?
60. The White House called a press conference.
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