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Literary Devices Quiz 177 (60 MCQs)

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1. Literary DevicesLiterary devices are techniques writers use to add meaning and engage the reader. Some common examples are simile, metaphor, personification, hyperbole, and imagery. These techniques can give the reader a greater understanding and meaning of the writer's intent.
2. Which literary device is being used in the sentence, "The fire crackled and popped" ?
3. The early bird gets the worm.
4. What is the term for the sequence of events in a story?
5. .... is the position of the narrator in relationship to the plot of literature and is the perspective from which the story is told.
6. The telling of a story in fiction, nonfiction, poetry, or drama; one of the four modes of discourse. Ex. "Looking back on a childhood filled with events and memories, I find it rather difficult to pick on that leaves me with the fabled "warm and fuzzy feelings."
7. A language style that functions to strengthen the impression in a sentence that has an imaginative nuance, is the definition of?
8. What is an expression that has meaning different from the meaning of its individual word?
9. "Purple puppies played on the playground." This is an example of what literary device?
10. The exposition of a story .....
11. Factual data used in a persuasive way
12. His job was a chain around his ankles.
13. So softly sings the sparrow is an example of .....
14. It is used to describe a person, object, or setting by focusing on our five senses.
15. What story is this from? "And she saw beyond that bitter moment a long procession of years that would belong to her absolutely. And she opened and spread her arms out to them in welcome."
16. Like father, like son
17. Her cheeks are like roses is an example of .....
18. Used to compare something by focusing on completely different things.
19. The sky became an ocean of color and sounds.
20. The perspective or attitude that an author develops with regards to a specific character, place, or development.
21. The opposite of what is meant or expected
22. Narrator knows EVERYTHING, but does not include themselves in the story
23. She failed the exam. She cried a river.
24. The central idea or concept of a story
25. How does a political cartoon use satire to critique political figures, engaging students like Ajinkya, Rabbani and Soham?
26. "There were a million replies that popped into her head." is an example of a .....
27. Emotional, emotive, ardent, vehement.
28. The giraffe nibbled at the leaves on the tree.
29. Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary,
30. Bonus Question for Mrs. McAuliffe's students:WHO is the narrator in the O. Henry story "Memoirs of a Yellow Dog?" Take a guess if you do not know this story .....
31. The use of multimedia enhances the teaching of lessons and aims to ..... who are engaged in Online Distance Learning.
32. The direct comparison of two unlike things whith the intent of giving added meaning to them.
33. He was born with a silver spoon in his mouth means .....
34. SImile:element or technique?
35. A reference to a famous person or event in life or literature (i.e. She is as pretty as the Mona Lisa)
36. In the sentence 'The car engine coughed and sputtered', what literary device is being used?
37. This resort looks like the Garden of Eden
38. What is the best mood of this line from Paperwick Papers by Charles Dickens? "The river, reflecting the clear blue of the sky, glistened and sparkled as it flowed noiselessly on."
39. The order of events in a literary work.
40. What's the definition of a simile?
41. What is the role of foreshadowing in literature?
42. "My brain is a pinball machine" is an example of .....
43. Refers to words whose pronunciations imitate the sounds they describe. A dog's bark sounds like "woof, " so "woof" is an example of
44. Let every nation know that we shall pay and price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe to assure the survival and the success of liberty.
45. Dominant or recurring idea in a text.
46. Disturbing or horrifying, dealing with death and injury
47. The way the author feels about a the topic.
48. Choose the correct statement about figurative language
49. A figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing to another using "like" or "as"
50. Making a casual or indirect reference to something in literature or the Bible.
51. The boat floats in the moat is an example of .....
52. "His black, heavily wrinkled face was surrounded by a halo of crunkly white hair and whiskers ..... " contains:
53. To give a warning or indication of future event; a hint about what might be coming
54. "Across the street, a bright-eyed girl chases her dog. A grandma on a porch fingers her rosaries."What poetic device is this an example of?
55. The Grinch is as cuddly as a cactus.
56. What does abstract refer to?
57. Refers to words that imitate the sound they describe
58. In the sentence, "His tears were a river flowing down his face, " what two things are being compared?
59. "Black leather and silver studs with enough belts to hold down a small town" is an example of which literary device?
60. Rainsford battles Zaroff in the jungle in "The Most Dangerous Game"
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