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Literary Devices Quiz 24 (60 MCQs)

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1. The rowboat slipped from the bankthen, silently, and flided out, tall watergrasses whispering away from itssides, releasing it
2. "Wolves." (The last sentence in the Interlopers) shows which type of conflict?
3. What literary device is being used in the phrase 'The silence of the night whispered secrets to me'?
4. Point of view using I, me, or we
5. What literary device is most obvious in this passage? Now that she was a princess, Cinderella often thought back to the events that brought her to the castle. In particular, she remembered the day her father first brought the woman who would become her stepmother to their home. It was a dreary November day when Cinderella met the cold, haughty woman. "Darling, " said Father, speaking to Cinderella, "this is your new mother. I want you to love her dearly and do everything she says."
6. The function of prolog is .....
7. The central idea of a work of literature is .....
8. ..... refers to who tells the story and how it is told.
9. When Horace uses "Capitolio" to mean Rome, he is utilizing the literary device of
10. Choose the correct term for the following definition:occurs when we know something that a character in a story doesn't know.
11. "The sun finally peeked out from behind the grey clouds." What is this an example of?
12. A rhetorical figure involving a reversal of word order to make a point.
13. Which literary device is a passage or sentence that changes the reader's opinion about the character, usually by revealing the character's goals, values, or feelings?
14. A play on words, spelling, sounds, or meaning
15. In which of the following lines you can see a Hyperbole?
16. The darkness was filled with a cold so bitter it seemed to freeze the air.
17. "The world does not care to hear your sad stories"What literary device is illustrated in the sentence above?
18. Iago-Shakespeare's OthelloLord Voldemort-Harry Potter
19. Saying the opposite to what is true
20. What is the term for descriptive language that appeals to one or more of the five senses?
21. I HAVE TOLD YOU TO CLEAN YOUR ROOM A MILLION TIMES ..... GUESS THE LITERARY TERM
22. The contrast of two opposite characters, ideas, concepts or places next to each other to point out their differences.
23. One fine summer day, Grasshopper was hopping about in the field. As he chirped and danced, he spied Ant carrying a big kernel of corn to his nest. Grasshopper watched as Ant came back, lifted another kernel, then carried it to the nest as well. This happened repeatedly. Finally, Grasshopper asked, "Ant, why do you work so hard on such a lovely day?""Soon it will be winter, " replied Ant. "I'm gathering food for my family. I suggest you do thesame!""Why bother about winter?" asked Grasshopper. "There's plenty of food in the fields now!"Ant remembered last winter and how deep snow had covered everything. There had been no way to get out of his anthill, let alone try to find food! Now, an even worse winter was predicted. "You'll feel differently when the big snow comes!" said Ant, as he shook his head and walked away.When winter came, Grasshopper had no food. The fields were covered with deep snow. Grasshopper was very hungry and sad, knowing that Ant had food enough because he had worked hard to prepare in advance. In this fable, the author uses flashback to have .....
24. A LITERARY DEVICE THAT REFLECTS THE WRITER'S ATTITUDE TOWARD THE SUBJECT MATTER OR AUDIENCE OF A LITERARY WORK
25. The stars danced in the sky.
26. When a more mild or indirect word or expression is used in place of another word or phrase that is considered harsh, blunt, vulgar, or unpleasant.
27. What is extreme exaggeration?
28. There are ..... metrical feet in a verse of Dactylic Hexameter.
29. As we walked through the scorching desert, the sun beat down on us. What is being personified?
30. An object that has human/animal abilities
31. "Now I'm Four Five Seconds from wildin' And we got three more days 'til Friday." Is an example of .....
32. "Lightening" danced across the sky" is an example of what?
33. And it got her on her knees like religion
34. A figure of speech that uses extreme exaggeration to make a point or show emphasis
35. I am the comparison of two different things. Doesn't use like or as.
36. A generalization made about a character to depict a manner that is familiar to all.
37. "Old news" is an example of .....
38. Hyperbole is an example of
39. The practice of investing things with arbitrary meaning
40. What literary device is present below? Benji steeped his tea in a mug.
41. Mars nomenclature
42. Which title is a paradox?
43. Wonderfully whistling woods
44. When two seemingly unlike things are compared to one another
45. Which of the following sets of words deal mostly with the sense of SIGHT?
46. The heart is a ..... for love.
47. The attitude of an author towards the subject, characters or events.
48. What is this an example of? "A Mouth was talking to a Nose and an Eye. A passing listening Ear Said "Pardon me, but you spoke so loud, I couldn't help but overhear."
49. Polly Peters positively played Ping-Pong.
50. Which literary device is used in this example?The boy was as brave as a lion in the jungle.
51. Objects or phenomena that represent a larger abstract idea. For example, a dove representing peace.
52. Where does Poppy live with her family?
53. Are you sure you didn't eat the last cookie? Your nose is growing like Pinocchio.
54. Which of the following is "The time and place in which a text unfolds?"
55. Third person pov
56. Which of the following is a proper noun?
57. This device gives human qualities to an object, animal, or idea:
58. A character (or thing) that is the source of conflict in a literary work.
59. The high point of the action-something usually changes for the main character
60. What is the role of symbolism in conveying meaning?
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