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Literary Devices Quiz 19 (60 MCQs)

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1. What literary device is used in the sentence 'The sneaky snake slid down the super slide'?
2. The girl stopped and looked as if she might pull back in surprise, but instead stood regarding Montag with eyes so dark and shining that he felt he had said something quite wonderful. But he knew his mouth had only moved to say hello. "Do you mind if I ask? How long've you worked at being a fireman?" the girl asked. "Since I was twenty, ten years ago, " said Montag. They walked farther and the girl said, "Is it true that long ago firemen put fires out instead of going to start them?" "No, " Montag replied, "houses have always been fireproof, take my word for it, " but the girl knew this was not true. Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
3. The real path to getting and staying fit is to exercise you heart, lungs, muscles, and joints every day. Choose exercise that is fun for you. Ride a bike or take a walk. If you prefer the encouragement of a group, then why not start some sort of ball game? Many fun exercise options cost little or nothing. A rubber ball, a pair of sneakers and a jump rope can keep you moving for hours.What is the purpose of this article?
4. What is the definition of juxtaposition?
5. Identify the literary device in the following passage: "Dear sisters and brothers, we realise the importance of light when we see darkness. We realise the importance of our voice when we are silenced. In the same way, when we were in Swat, the north of Pakistan, we realised the importance of pens and books when we saw the guns" (Yousafzai 3).
6. The meaning of personification is .....
7. The series of conflicts and crises in the story that lead to the climax.
8. A character who does not go through any inner changes
9. Which of the following group of terms are examples of homophones?
10. This type of irony is used when the reader knows something that a character does not.
11. This class is a million years long!
12. The character in any story, novel, or movie that goes against the main character; the "bad guy"
13. The dying plant placed by the windowsill in A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry
14. In the phrase 'The whispering winds told tales of a coming tempest', which literary device is being used?
15. Which is not one of the 5 senses?
16. Bat and cat are at the track is an example of .....
17. A figure of speech in which words are used in such a way that their intended meaning is different from the actual meaning of the words. It may also be a situation that ends up in quite a different way than what is generally anticipated. It is a difference between appearance and reality. This is known as
18. "Across the pond a bullfrog spoke a deep note of warning."
19. What is the best definition of figurative language?
20. Which is an visual imagery
21. Identify the literary device in the sentence 'The world is a stage.'
22. I have a red car. My car was in a wreck. Therefore, all red cars get wrecked.
23. Emotion, that affects literature.
24. If the author directly tells you what the character is like, that is:
25. What is a whiplash ending?
26. Each time a person speaks, we call this .....
27. What is the arrangement of rhyme at the end of a line of poetry?
28. This type of imagery is use address to our taste buds. This way the writer is capable of making us taste the food he or she is describing in the story.
29. When an author tells the audience what the personality of the character is
30. Mrs. Nacarlo, Candlewood Middle School, West Hollow Middle School, and New York are all examples of:
31. Repetition of a particular sound in the first syllables of a series of words or phrases
32. Which of the following is NOT a pun?
33. Feelings or meanings conveyed in the poem
34. Occurs when a speaker speaks something contradictory to what he/she intends to say
35. 2 lines in a row rhyme
36. And she said hello to meand she said I do not see is an example of .....
37. The metaphor is a comparison.
38. A plot device in which an abrupt ending occurs .....
39. "Love is a fruit in season at all times and in reach of every hand."
40. What question do we need to ask ourselves to determine the mood of a story?
41. My backpack weighs 1000 pounds!
42. Your friend falls. You laugh at him. Then you fall.
43. Enjambment breaks line in poems with (a)
44. Description or narration to distill complex ideas into a simple, accessible story.
45. Will you please stop talking
46. Clues an author provides about events that may occur later in the story
47. What is the definition of protagonist?
48. When a character exhibits an abundance of pride. This pride often results in the character's downfall.
49. Society is a wave. The wave moves onward, but the water of which it is composed does not. The same particle does not rise from the valley to the ridge. This entire page is an example of
50. A brief reference to a person, event, or place in history, or to a work of art/ literature
51. She is the wind beneath my wings
52. "This woman was an alley cat pouncing on a mouse, digging deep with hurtful words."
53. Reference to something historical or literary outside the text
54. Opposite ideas joined to create an effect
55. Examples which include facts, direct quotes, or personal experience
56. If you jump out of bed like a kangaroo, how are you MOST likely feeling?
57. What does interpret mean?
58. What does Liesel read in front of the class that results in her getting beaten by Sister Maria?
59. I recognized the familiar smell of my roommate's cooking. If you change the word smell to stench, the word now has a ..... connotation.
60. Which of these is the correct definition of "anachronism" ?
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