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Literary Devices Quiz 29 (60 MCQs)

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1. When a TV show or story that stops an episode at a point where you HAVE TO KNOW what happens to a character, this device is called a
2. When a speaker who detaches himself/herself from the reality and addresses an imaginary character in his speech
3. The children were roses grown in concrete gardens, beautiful and forlorn.
4. "This [guy] graduated at the top of our class / I went to Cheesecake, he was a waiter there" ..... Kanye West, "School Spirit"
5. Creativity is a light.
6. "The elephant is a large grey mountain." This phrase is an example of which literary device.
7. What technique is being used in the following passage:She swims like a fish.
8. An author's choice and/or use of words/phrases in speech and writing (word choice)
9. One of the story's characters is narrating the literary work.
10. What am I? I come from a Greek term meaning "contrary to expectations, existing belief, or perceived opinion." I may appear to be self-contradictory or silly, but may include a latent truth. I am used to illustrate an opinion or statement contrary to accepted traditional ideas. I am a
11. A distinctive feature or dominant idea in an artistic or literary composition that may contribute to the theme
12. Sentence conveys a strong emotion and ends with an exclamation mark.
13. An alliteration is
14. One effect or purpose of foreshadowing is to .....
15. This part of speech give human characteristic to non human entities.
16. The night wind rippled across my skin.
17. In the guest register, Billy finds only two names.
18. Which literary device is used in the following sentence:'I've told you a million times!'?
19. How are the characters in the story controlled or manipulated?
20. Which literary device is being used in the following sentence:'The aroma of freshly baked bread filled the air.'?
21. The color blue represents peacefulness and calm.
22. The point of a plot that serves as a "turning point" -the most exciting part of the story.
23. The use of humor, irony, or wit to make a point
24. Love is a thrill ride. This sentence uses:
25. An outcome in a story where good is rewarded, and evil is punished
26. What is the predominant sensory impression in the poem?
27. "This is Bobby's Best Bet" What literary device can you spot here?
28. The shy little girl was as timid as a rabbit when strangers were present.
29. What literary device is used in the sentence 'The sun greeted the morning with a warm smile'?
30. A kingdom of isolation and it looks like I'm the queen
31. The stars danced playfully in the moonlit sky. poetic device is
32. Which example below is an example of an oxymoron?
33. What is the DIFFERENCE of tone and mood?
34. What is the EXACT and LITERAL meaning of a word?
35. From which point of view is the story of Illegal told?
36. She reminded us to pack extra clothes to stay warm at night, but I thought she was just being messy.
37. A narrator whose account of events appears to be faulty, misleadingly biased, or otherwise distorted.
38. A type of figurative language that compares one thing to another thing by stating that something "is" another thing.
39. "No question, now, what had happened to the faces of the pigs. The creatures outside looked from pig to man, and from man to pig, and from pig to man again; but already it was impossible to say which was which."
40. The main idea or message of the story; it is a true message regardless of time is the definition for .....
41. Choose the correct option."A hyperbole is
42. Rhetorical Question
43. Laura wants to watch her favorite TV show tonight but knows she has a huge Social Studies test tomorrow. What type of conflict is this?
44. ..... is a figurative language in which nonhuman things or abstractions are represented as having human qualities
45. Something in the story which has both a literal and figurative meaning and which helps the reader better understand is called a(n) .....
46. What is the sequence of events involving characters and conflict called?
47. The repetition of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words
48. Read the following words:biography biology autobiography The root bio most likely means .....
49. A long speech spoken by one character in front of other characters.
50. Central character in a work who moves toward a successful resolution to the conflict(s)
51. What is the term for giving person-like traits to inanimate objects?
52. A/an ..... is an idea or symbol that occurs throughout the text.
53. What is this an example of? "A boy told me if he rollerskated fast enough his loneliness couldn't catch up to him."
54. Definition-The story is about "he" or "she." This is the most common point of view in commercial fiction. The narrator is outside of the story and relating the experiences of a character. Example- "A breeze ruffled the neat hedges of Privet Drive, which lay silent and tidy under the inky sky, the very last place you would expect astonishing things to happen. Harry Potter rolled over inside his blankets without waking up. One small hand closed on the letter beside him and he slept on, not knowing he was special, not knowing he was famous ..... He couldn't know that at this very moment, people meeting in secret all over the country were holding up their glasses and saying in hushed voices: "To Harry Potter-the boy who lived!"
55. This refers to an implied meaning of a word apart from what it describes
56. Mood is also called .....
57. In the poem, "even and the snake" According to Jackie's interpretation of the sermon what is the reason she must attend Kingdom Hall on Sundays?
58. Simon's confrontation with the Lord of the Flies is an example of this type of conflict.
59. What is this:Peter Piper Picked a Peck of Pickled Peppers.
60. The last piece of cake was calling my name!
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