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Literary Devices Quiz 26 (60 MCQs)

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1. The sun was beating down on me with its rays.-El sol me golpeaba con sus rayos.
2. Billy's purpose in coming to Bath is .....
3. "Christy didn't like to spend money. She was no Scrooge, but she seldom purchased anything except the bare necessities." What type of literary device is this an example of?
4. "The wind was an angry witch, howling across the night sky." is an example of .....
5. If there is a hint of something to come, the author is using:
6. Which of the following is an example of an anachronism?
7. What's an example of sarcasm?
8. Inanimate objects are endowed with human characteristics.
9. Symbolism is using .....
10. This picture represents a/an
11. Expressed in terms intended to persuade or impress
12. Which type of conflict(s) can you find in the story of Illegal?
13. "I'll love you until the rivers run dry and the mountains crumble." This statement is an example of:
14. A conversation between two or more people in a literary work.
15. Giving an animal, object, or idea human characteristics or personality
16. A devil is the ..... of an angel.
17. During a sunny day at the park, Valeria noticed that Ruth's smile was as bright as the sun. Which literary device is being used in this observation?
18. Only one of my three dogs, my beagle Neptune, really ..... the beach.
19. What is the literary device that hints to the reader about something that will happen later in the story?
20. A figure of speech that suggests a non literal similarity. The comparison of one thing to another without using the words "like" or "as"
21. Watching this show is like watching grass grow.
22. The events that happen after the climax that lead to the resolution of the story
23. A writer describes the smell of a forest fire. Which of the following would be a good sensory detail to include?
24. TRUE or FALSE. The setting can change throughout the story.
25. What literary device is present in the following quote? "I drink, " he said, "to the dead that repose around us." "And I drink to your long life."
26. Situation:Merrick describes his mother as a kind person (page 16) but this mother gave Merrick away to Silcock and did not bother about him after that.
27. The setting of a story can:
28. The conflict is between two characters
29. When one character has a conflict within himself, such as morals, ethics, decisions, or even against his own characteristics.
30. A strong pause within a line of verse
31. Where the conflict is fully resolved
32. The smoky scent of a campfire hung in the air, evoking memories of nights spent under the stars.
33. A dove might represent love, and a raven might represent death.
34. In indirect characterization .....
35. A character that does not change
36. What literary device is used here? "You don't have the balls!"
37. A type of figurative language that compares two things (nouns) using like or as such as "She is as pretty as an angel" .
38. Poetry without a regular pattern of meter or rhyme
39. The contrast between what is said and what is meant is called
40. An archetype is:
41. Hint of events that will come later in the story
42. Two unlike things compared using "like" or "as", implying one similar quality.
43. The writer's attitude toward his or her subject
44. The tangy vinegar added a zing to the salad, enhancing its flavors.
45. "The Monkey Paw" by W. W. Jacobs Neither spoke, but lay silently listening to the ticking of the clock. A stair creaked, and a squeaky mouse scurried noisily through the wall. The darkness was oppressive, and after lying for some time gathering up courage, he took the box of matches, and striking one, went downstairs for a candle. At the foot of the stairs the match went out, and he paused to strike another; and at the same moment a knock so quiet and stealthy as to be scarcely audible, sounded on the front door. The matches fell from his hand. He stood motionless, his breath suspended ..... Choose the phrase from the passage that appeals to your sense of sound.
46. "I try to be the raft that helps carry them over life's rough rivers" -"David's Old Soul" "I try to be the raft" is an example of:
47. Which is an example of MAN VS. NATURE?
48. Looking out the window, I recall the bitter sweet memories we had.
49. The emotional atmosphere of a story and the voice of the narrator are the .....
50. Why did the seventh man and K. decide to go to the beach in the midst of the typhoon?
51. The story of one's life told by another
52. This is where and when the story takes place
53. "BOOM BOOM BOOM."
54. Which Literary Device is in the following sentence:While I was Trick or Treating, the snickers bar was calling my name.
55. The problem in the story, between the main character and someone/something else or the main character and themself
56. In the movie 'Monsters Inc.', the monsters are supposed to scare the children, but the monsters are usually the ones scared of the children instead. This is an example of;
57. Which of the following words is defined as "an object, person, situation, or action that means something more than what it suggests on the surface" ?
58. Scott has always hated school. He never felt appreciated and rarely did homework. He realized, by the end of his junior year, that learning was both exciting and important.
59. When the story gives you background information on the characters and setting of the story before it started, what is it called?
60. Determine if the sentence contains a simile or a metaphor. 'The children were puppets, merely doing what they were told.'
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