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Literary Devices Quiz 25 (60 MCQs)

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1. The crisp apple provided a satisfying crunch and a burst of tartness.
2. Repetition of ending consonant sound in a line of poetry.
3. Careless cutting cars
4. Which literary device addresses an author's choice of words?
5. Appealing to logic, facts
6. What sound device is being used in this sentence? "The light of the fire is a sight."
7. When a writer hints at what might happen in the future of a story, they are using .....
8. The snow is a white blanket. What is the literary device used here?
9. Which definition is correct for the following term:Point of View
10. Identify the literary device/technique:The beautiful leaves danced across my front lawn.
11. What is this the definition of? The giving of human qualities to an animal, object, or idea
12. Using words to engage the five senses, creating mental pcitures in your mind .....
13. "The pie was calling her name" is an example of .....
14. When the beginning sounds of words are the same.
15. The most important elements in the relative clauses are:
16. "Circular Reasoning" is the act of supporting your statement by simply repeating it in a different way.
17. A character with many personality traits that are well fleshed out for the reader
18. The leading or main character in a literary work.
19. What is the major idea of the story or poem?
20. When the reader knows something that one or more characters does not know
21. I felt the cold and sticky slime all over my fingers.
22. What is a comparison NOT using "like" or "as" ?
23. In literature, when something has both a literal and figurative meaning that stands for or suggests something else beyond literal meaning, this is:
24. DEFINITION:What is a metaphor?
25. What does implicit mean?
26. The author's attitude towards the subject or events
27. He's a real Einstein.This is an example of .....
28. During a debate, Acxel said that he could eat a thousand pizzas in one sitting. What figure of speech is Acxel using?
29. A metaphor is ..... comparison between two things that are alike.
30. Events and conflicts that drive the plot forward
31. Which word means: "Loud noise or shouting"
32. Read the sentence and identify the literary device that is used in it. Then, choose the correct answer: "The concert was so loud that her ears rang for days afterward."
33. They're some creeps who I wouldn't meet if you paid me a heap of cash!
34. What is pedantic?
35. Hinting at something that will happen later in the story.
36. All words have a connotation and a denotation. If you look up the word 'snake' in the dictionary, it would define a reptile. If you called someone 'snake', it would be an example of a
37. A new iPhone costs an arm and a leg.
38. Allegory is what?
39. Crunch! Crunch! Crunch! Natalie's boots broke the silence of the city park. A full moon peeked out from behind two clouds. The shadows of the trees illuminated the snow drifts in its shimmering light. Natalie shivered as a cold gust of wind blew through her jacket.
40. Cassie poised at the end of the diving board, ready to plunge into the water. Suddenly, she was five years old again, standing on the edge of a dock and falling backward, unable to control her fall, and unable to swim.
41. A writer's or speaker's choice of words is .....
42. Which of the following is an example of indirect characterization?
43. Moana takes place 3, 000 years ago in the islands of Polynesia. This is the-
44. The characters' view of the story
45. What is the author's attitude called?
46. "How long could we allow this beast (Agustus) to gorge and guzzle, feed and feast?"
47. ..... refers to the author's word choice.
48. Which literary device describes an object or action by referring to something else?
49. The thinking or logic used to make a claim in an argument.
50. What type of syllable is a STRESSED syllable?
51. Example:hiss, bang, buzz, ruff, ribit
52. Which literary device is used to create a pattern of similar phrases or verses?
53. Old, out of use, ancient defines which term
54. Descriptive language that appeals to the senses (sight, sound, touch, taste, smell), creating a mental image for the reader.
55. Which literary device is used in the expression 'raining cats and dogs'?
56. Which word is the verb in the sentence? The students walked down the hall.
57. When expectation is different from reality
58. Explain what verse means in poetry.
59. "Make plain the reason tortured Tantalus/ Is baited by the fickle fruit, declare/ If merely brute caprice dooms Sisyphus/ To struggle up a never-ending stair."
60. A round character is a character that .....
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