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Literary Devices Quiz 39 (60 MCQs)

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1. The two candles on the cupcake Alex ate stood for the WTC. What type of literary device is this?
2. Occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of closely connected words
3. Giving the traits of a person to an inanimate object
4. A style of speaking particular to a people, culture, or region
5. A main character whose legendary or heroic actions are central to his/her culture, race, or nation. Usually has a "larger than life" personality, and possibly supernatural powers. Defeats bad guys and usually has "good" on his/her side. Usually has one tragic flaw that leads to his/her downfall.
6. THE CAT'S TEETH ARE LIKE DAGGERS
7. "Snow speaks to the people; it's falling above in the glooming sunlight. Its white, sparkling voice echoes as it falls through the air." This passage is a good example of .....
8. The author directly tells the reader what the character is like Ex. "He stepped short, quick steps, of a fat legged man."
9. A play on words that usually involves words that sound alike and have two meanings.
10. Words that imitate sounds. Ex: "Bang! Pow! Kaboom!"
11. Represents knowledge and intelligence
12. What literary device is present in the line below?Mr. Fehlberg's stomach was like an about to burst bratwurst.
13. "The rain in Spain stays mainly in the plain."
14. Using the five senses in a sentence.
15. A figure of speech in which a speaker directly addresses an absent person or personified quality, object, or idea
16. A scene in a movie or novel set in a time earlier than the main story is what?
17. What is this an example of?Love is a battlefield.
18. This type of irony occurs when the audience knows something that the characters don't.
19. Even though Jimmy is a pilot he has a fear of heights.
20. Comparing two unlike things NOT using "like" or "as"
21. Setting is defined as .....
22. And it seems to me you lived your life, like a candle in the wind.
23. What is this an example of? "A mountain climbing exploration Took us to these distant peaks Where no one's ever been before. Was it my imagination? Did I feel this mountain move? Did I hear it snore?"
24. The use of an object, character, or idea to represent something else.
25. Most people think that gorillas are mean, but actually they are shy. It seems that such a huge animal with very large teeth would be aggressive. Hollywood movies help convey this image of the scary, ferocious gorilla. In fact, gorillas only attack if they are provoked. This author belives that:
26. What is Annotation?
27. What is the definition of appearance vs. reality?
28. The islands were growing smaller and smaller
29. When one character in a story has a problem with one or more of the other characters
30. The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning or in the middle of words
31. His eyes were like stars. Susan is as gentle as a kitten
32. Definition-This is at play when an expected outcome is subverted. For example, in O. Henry's classic tale, The Gift of the Magi, a wife cuts off her long hair to sell it in order to buy her husband a chain for his prized watch. Meanwhile, the husband has sold his watch in order to buy his wife a comb for her hair. The ..... irony comes from each person not expecting to have their gift be undercut by the other's actions.
33. This is going to cost me an arm and a leg!
34. Which literary device is all about the reader's emotions as they read?
35. This term means an appeal to emotion.
36. " The fish I caught was 60 feet long!"
37. Someone getting run over by an ambulance is an example of .....
38. This literary device uses "like" or "as" for comparision
39. "The silence was deafening."
40. It refers to any electronic application that uses both words and pictures in a combination of text, voice, picture or video.
41. The central character or leading figure in a story. / The central character or main figure of a story.
42. Which of these is an example of a colloquialism?
43. Descriptive words or phrases that appeal to the five senses.
44. Static characters .....
45. How is analogy defined?
46. "I smelled the sour dirty laundry spilling over the basket in the hall" is .....
47. Identify the type of irony in the following sentence:'I can't wait to go to the dentist.'
48. What literary device compares two unlike things using "like" or "as" ?
49. A word or phrase that describes one thing in terms of another and is not meantto be understood as literally true
50. Which literary device is being used in the sentence, "The buzzing bee flew by" ?
51. Those clucking chickens are driving me crazy! What literary device is used in the sentence?
52. The author specifically TELLS the reader something about a character's personality/traits.
53. It refers to the techniques employed by writers to develop characters through dialogue, description, action, reaction, and thoughts.
54. What is a source?
55. When someone says one thing but really means the opposite
56. This character changes, has a transformation, or learns a lesson throughout the story.
57. "Oh! What fine luck I have!" Which literary device is this an example of?
58. "I haven't eaten in hours, I'm starving to death!" is an example of what literary device?
59. The internal repetition of consonant sounds where the vowels are different.
60. A writer's attitude toward their subject matter revealed through diction, figurative language, and structure is .....
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