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Literary Devices Quiz 3 (60 MCQs)

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1. Words whose meaning as a group cannot be understood as individuals
2. In which narrative person is the story from?
3. Which word is the verb in the following sentence?'The old man stumbled home in the darkness'
4. The perspective, or vantage point, from which a story is told
5. Which definition is correct for the following term:Setting
6. I really would like to try that new jumbo shrimp restaurant.
7. What element of short story is simply defined as the time, date and place where the story happened?
8. The wind whispered through dry grass.
9. Which type of irony occurs when the audience expects one outcome but the opposite occurs?
10. Introduces the conflict, or problem in the story
11. Mom always worried about money. She worried about money for rent, money for food, and money for clothes. Thoughts about money worried her night and day. The passage uses:
12. Seven sisters slept soundly on the sand.
13. Who is the protagonist in the story of Hansel and Gretal?
14. A type of writing that ridicules the shortcomings of people or institutions in an attempt to bring about a change
15. A picture in your head.
16. A reference to someone in history, literature, or the Bible that creates a mental picture
17. The effect of the words and images on the audience
18. The comparison of one thing to another using like or as.
19. "I sang like a bird" is an example of a .....
20. Science dealing with the order of celestial bodies
21. True or False:all 4 nonfiction text structures (problem & solution, compare & contrast, cause & effect, sequence)-can occur in fiction, as well.
22. The story of a person's life written by anotherperson
23. What is the pronoun used for synthetic personalisation?
24. When the reader learns about a character through a description in the text.
25. "I was working as a cashier in a grocery store. The customers were usually friendly, but one sticks out in my mind. She spat her mean words fast and they were meant to hurt like a deep cut." (this is an example of ..... )
26. Which literary device involves a character speaking to another character or characters?
27. Which of the following is an example of onomaopoeia?
28. This is the ordinary language people use in speaking or writing
29. In a literature class, Lily was asked to identify the literary device in the sentence:'The world is a stage.'
30. Which of the following refers to the use of words that imitate sound or suggest their meaning?
31. "The blacksmith's shop, the mill, the church, the stores were hunched."
32. Interrupts the chronological order of the story
33. Nowadays people have chosen to drive Chevy trucks because they have won safest vehicle every year.
34. Who is the famous Greek author of fables?
35. Read the quote below then choose if it is direct characterization or indirect characterization:" No wonder Johnny was hurt because his parents didn't want him."
36. The main character of a story
37. The lazy boy's pencil yelled at him to begin working! What literary term is used in the sentence above?
38. Which literary device is being used in the following sentence:'The sun smiled down on the beach'?
39. The use of words that imitate sounds. Examples would be hiss, buzz, swish, and crunch.
40. When the reader can infer what a character is like through actions and dialogue
41. Which literary device is evident in the sentence:'The classroom was a zoo during the lunch break'?
42. Carlos laughed when he thought about how scared he was in the haunted house at the carnival last year. He had no way of knowing he was about to face a fright that wasn't meant to be fun.
43. Which literary device is being used in the following sentence:'I posted a video about how boring and useless social media is on my Instagram.'?
44. Words like "zip, " "boom, " "pow, " and "hiss" are examples of
45. Hinting at what is to come
46. "The rustlings of leaves gave me ease." What literary device is used?
47. Which literary device attributes human qualities to non-human entities or abstract concepts?
48. A concentrated form of writing which is imaginative, emotional, and thought-provoking is called
49. Name the literary device used here:He walked heavily, dragging his feet a little, the way a bear drags his paws.
50. Once the wind said to the sea I am sad and the sea said why ..... Name the literary device found above.
51. I could hear barking and meows from the back room. What is the phrase in blue?
52. "I entered the motel, I was the only customer. Just hang your coat there, " the manager said, "and let me help you with your reservation." There were no people or cars. The rain came down in buckets and I shivered.This is an example of .....
53. Exaggeration used to suggest strong emotion or create a comic effect.
54. "The raindrops danced on the windowsill." This sentence is an example of
55. The boy was outside. The buses are gone and the hallways are empty. What can you infer?
56. To make creative multimedia output, we can import images, audio, and video clips; however, we have to ..... to avoid plagiarism.
57. ..... is an exaggeration used for emphasis or humor.
58. What is one of the turning points in the story?
59. When a reader is aware of something that a character isn't
60. A person who tells a story is called a/an
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