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Literary Devices Quiz 34 (60 MCQs)

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1. This is a literary technique used in novels, plays and movies and even poems to place two ideas, characters, places or actions side by side so that the qualities of the proposed idea, protagonist, setting or action are placed in favor of the reader/audience. It is a common technique used by writers to persuade their audiences to agree with their perspectives by allowing them to compare and contrast.
2. Writers use similes and metaphors to .....
3. Find the simple predicate in the following sentence:The wacky platypus wanted more Cracker Jacks.
4. All of the events after the climax. The tensionof the story comes down.
5. This character is central to the story. The plot revolves around him or her.
6. Spot the onomatopoeia in the following sentence:The fire crackled and popped as it burned in the fireplace.
7. Knowledgeable, well-read.
8. What does verify mean?
9. You know you have to get to class on time, but you decide to stop off at HiLife for some Hot Cheetos. You can't help it! You love Hot Cheetos but now you have a citation for being late to class.What is the point of view?
10. "After they finished dinner."
11. Represents warmth, rescue, hope, and comfort
12. I feel glorious, gloriousGot a chance to start againI was born for this, born for thisIt's who I am, how could I forget?-Macklemore, "Glorious"
13. I had to wait in line for a year to pay for my groceries.
14. What is the setting of the story in the book Illegal?
15. How is the character's traits revealed? Marcy sat in class, drumming her fingers on her desk. Thinking back to that morning, she felt remorse over the way she had talked to her mom.
16. A story that could have happened, but didn't
17. She is walking on eggshells means .....
18. When one character has a problem with a group of people, large or small, and/or has conflict with a societal force, such as in a dystopia
19. The moments where the conflict causes the main character to take action and the further problems that come about.
20. Point of view when a narrator uses "I" to tell a story
21. The feelings of the reader/audience after reading a text.
22. Which literary device is present below? Camille came by to catch up.
23. Words or phrases that are not meant to be taken literally
24. The struggle or problem faced by the main character or characters in a story.
25. What do Click-Clacks look like?
26. Which poetic device is NOT being used in the following sentence? Bobby broke a bottle-BAM; the beetles bellowed and bolted.
27. This is the feeling created for the reader in a literary work
28. A recurring object, concept, or structure in a work of literature.
29. Which literary device is shown here?658 sternere consuerant, sed et haec vilisque vetusque
30. It is a single row of words in a poem.
31. Identify the literary device used in the following sentence:'She likes to swim, hike, and bike.'
32. What is an expression that is not meant to be taken literally?
33. Detailed descriptions that appeal to the senses to help you see or feel the scene
34. Examples of this method of persuasion include statistics, research, data, and facts.
35. This device is a description that appeals to the senses (sight, smell, touch, etc.):
36. When the reader knows something the characters do not
37. Personification is not a type of figurative language
38. "Then he kissed her. At his lips' touch she blossomed for him like a flower." (from F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby)
39. This is a poem or song narrating a story in short stanzas.
40. The use of words that mimic the sounds they represent.
41. Which word means "very surprised?"
42. Giving human characteristics to an animal or object.
43. A comparison between two unlike things with a similar background; Shoe is to foot as tire is to wheel.
44. Narrator reveals the thoughts and feelings of one character
45. What is a polite, indirect expression used to replace words and phrases considered harsh and impolite, or which suggest something unpleasant?
46. Which of these is an example of irony?
47. The brown grass was begging for water.
48. Two characters who have opposite personalities reveal the traits of the other character, like Cinderella and her stepsisters.
49. The cake Shelly bought was as sweet as
50. "She's as strong as a bear."
51. Cost an arm and a leg
52. The character that is trying to overcome adversity
53. How an author uses language; the combined defining elements of how language is used within a literary work by an author.
54. Vivid descriptions that appeal to a reader's 5 senses
55. Associations people make with words that go beyond the literal or dictionary definition.
56. The use of humor, reversal, exaggeration, or incongruity to expose and criticize people's stupidity or vices, particularly in the context of contemporary politics and other topical issues is .....
57. A person, place, or thing that has meaning in itself and that also stands for something more than itself
58. When a protagonist has a strong belief against the majority of the community or surroundings and decides to act on it.
59. Why should you use figurative language in your writing?
60. What type of sentence is the following: "What is your favorite thing to eat for Thanksgiving?"
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