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Literary Devices Quiz 27 (60 MCQs)

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1. When the author presents something as less significant than it really is
2. When a speaker says exactly the opposite of what he/she means this is an example of:(choose the best answer)
3. I like that boom boom pow.Them chickens are jacking my style.-The Black Eyed Peas, "Boom Boom Pow"
4. It is a repetition of the consonant sound.
5. When a writer hints that something is going to happen in the story, it is called .....
6. Alliteration means:
7. The main idea or meaning of a text. Often, this is an insight about human life revealed in a literary work
8. "I'd rather chase the sun than wait for it, " is an example of what?
9. The author's choice of words or phrases in a literary work
10. What is a comparison of two things without using "like" or "as" ?
11. What was the central conflict in "Button, Button"
12. The "earth opened like the petals of a flower ready to be picked."
13. A narrative or picture story enclosed within another story, where both stories are of equal interest
14. The city streets were bustling with people, cars honking and neon signs illuminating the night.
15. How long does Liesel wait to bathe when she arrives at Himmel Street?
16. The definition for Foreshadowing is .....
17. Which word means a word that sounds like the noise that it describes?
18. Which of the five senses is used in this sentence? The warm juicy burger felt like heaven on my tongue.
19. "Suzie sells seashells by the seashore" is an example of what?
20. It's garbage day and Kimberly knows that it is her brother's turn to take out the trash. He says it is not his turn. What type of conflict is this?
21. True or false? In Gothic literature, the past rarely influences the present.
22. A figure of speech that compares two unlike things using 'like' or 'as.'
23. Character in conflict with the main character
24. The atmosphere or feeling that a writer creates in a piece of literature through language.
25. We have to use the clues the author gives us to determine what a character's personality is like
26. A central idea of a work, the message a writer hopes to send to the reader, or the lesson that can be learned after reading.
27. Fill in the blank in the following sentence:After I had eaten my lunch, I ..... to her while she was eating hers.
28. Which IS NOT a type of hook
29. The moon hid its face behind the clouds in the night sky.
30. "The train screamed as it came to a stop" is an example of .....
31. A literary device that repeats the same words or phrases a few times to make an idea clearer and more memorable.
32. I am so hungry I could eat a horse.This is an example of which literary device?
33. I was lost in a sea of nameless faces.
34. When the narrator uses pronouns like, "she, " "he, " and "they, " but the reader gets the thoughts and actions of most characters
35. "Several eyewitnesses reported what they had seen to the officers who arrived at the scene." is an example of .....
36. What is the purpose of foreshadowing in literature?
37. When an author uses repetition of literal words or grammatical patterns
38. End of the central conflict is known as which plot element?
39. What does the title "The Jungle" represent?
40. In the phrase 'He has a heart of stone', which literary device is being used?
41. The introduction of a story is known as the ..... (the ela term)
42. A fire station burning down
43. What literary device is illustrated in the following statement:"We sell the best roti and doubles in the world!"
44. I smelled the warm, sweet, all-pervasive smell of silage, as well as the sour dirty laundry spilling over the basket in the hall. I could pick out the acrid smell of Claire's drenched diaper, her sweaty feet, and her hair crusted with sand.
45. I'm a chicken when it comes to getting an injection.
46. Multiple conjunctions
47. Grandpa is older than dirt.
48. A major theme is .....
49. A type of implied comparison that compares two things by stating one is the other
50. Onomatopoeia is seen in which sentence?
51. Read the following sentence from "Thank You, Mr. Falker" ."But when Trisha tried, the numbers were like a stack of blocks, wobbly and ready to fall."This sentence includes a(n) .....
52. Which literary device gives human attributes or feelings to inanimate objects?
53. Which of the following refers to an implied comparison between two unlike things WITHOUT using LIKE or AS
54. What POV is this sentence written in? I went to the Great Hall for dinner.
55. A recurring image, idea, or symbol that develops a theme is .....
56. "Harry had a thin face, knobbly knees, black hair, and bright green eyes. He wore round glasses held together with a lot of Scotch tape because of all the times Dudley had punched him on the nose" is an example of .....
57. A smoke screen to cover the truth; a clue that is misleading or distracting.
58. The character's posture, gesture, and facial expression is a techniques under .....
59. It is a common rhetorical device used to add emphasis and stress in writing and speech.
60. Characters ..... throughout a story or drama. They learn lessons as a result of the events and/or problems in the story.
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