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Literary Devices Quiz 22 (60 MCQs)

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1. A novel can have more than one theme.
2. What is an example of enjambment?
3. A reference in a story to another literary, mythological, or historical person, place, or thing is .....
4. Talk or conversation among characters
5. Which literary device is used to give hints or clues about what will happen later in a story?
6. Giving human like qualities to inanimate objects
7. The cars crawled down 290 and I thought I'd never get to school on time.
8. A reference to a well-known character, place, or situation from history, music, art, or another form of literature.
9. "See eye to eye" is what type of figurative language?
10. "I had heard the same tone a million times." is an example of .....
11. Definition-A character is one who changes over the course of the story. Hester Prynne is a ..... character because in the beginning she is a proud, ostracized woman struggling with her lot in life but as the plot progresses, she gains strength, humility, confidence, and peace.
12. A statement that appears to contradict itself, but upon closer examination actually makes sense.
13. A figure of speech that adds emphasis by exaggeration
14. The time and place of a story; this can include the culture, society, or historical context as well.
15. Anytime one item or character represents something else
16. A reasoning "trick" made up of faulty logic, erroneous assumptions, or irrelevant information meant to distract.
17. Two characters who are so much in contrast that they draw attention to each other's differences
18. When a story is told by the main character who is directly involved in the conflict it is considere ..... POV
19. "O Captain! My Captain!" is a poem in the style of which literary device?
20. A direct comparison using like or as.
21. Shining through the city with a little funk and soul. So I'ma light it up like dynamite.(BTS)
22. The car needs a cold shower.
23. An indirect reference to a well-known person, text, place, or event within a piece of literature
24. During a picnic, Nora noticed a buzzing bee flying past Mason's ear. Which literary device is being used in this scenario?
25. When Juno was kept eternally under the wound in his breast these words with him:'I began to give up the defeated and unable to overthrow the king of the Teucors in Italy!' These things with him.
26. Attitude of the poet towards his or her subject matter
27. The phrase 'the stars danced in the sky' is an example of .....
28. A comparison between two unlike things that have something in common-does use "like" or "as"
29. What is this an example of? The stars were diamonds in the sky.
30. What is the Setting for Marisol Doesn't Match?
31. The water beckoned invitingly to the hot swimmers.
32. What is a catalogue in literature?
33. What is the most common type of literary device used in political cartoons to convey messages, according to Ranveer, Anmol and Kritvi?
34. In the little room in the shop, there is a 'dead flower' (page 3)
35. He held his helmet and took the helm to hightail to her.
36. Represents democracy and civilization
37. Calculus is a torture I endure daily.
38. What kind of irony is situational?
39. The wind was blowing so hard, the sun was scared to come.
40. Which sentence shows an example of a simile?
41. Which is an example of analogy?
42. What is the CONFLICT of a work of literature?
43. The thunder rumbled ominously in the distance, signaling an approaching storm.
44. The use of vivid or figurative language to represent objects, actions, or ideas to paint an image in the reader's mind.
45. A minor theme is .....
46. Go, now, go!/ Walk out that door!
47. All of the events in the story leading up to theclimax. The tension in the story is building.
48. Read the following sentence from "Thank You, Mr. Falker" ."Trisha could feel the tears burning in her eyes."The author's use of imagery in this sentence suggests that Trisha-
49. The writer uses the same words or phrases several times for emphasis
50. Do you ever feel like a plastic bag?Drifting through the wind, wanting to start again?Do you ever feel, feel so paper thin?Like a house of cards, one blow from caving in?-"Firework", Katy Perry
51. Anxious, excited, worried, depressing are all examples of what?
52. Choose the term that BEST matches the definition. a memory
53. The theme songs for FRESH PRINCE and GILLIGAN'S ISLAND are telling a story. What type of literary device is this?
54. Which literary device is being used in the following sentence:'Her smile was as bright as the sun.'?
55. Any struggle between two forces.
56. "while I nodded, nearly napping, " is an example of what?
57. The shepherd shook his head in negation.
58. Atmosphere; feeling created in the reader by a literary work or passage
59. A character who opposes the main character.
60. When two contradicting words are combined
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