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Literary Devices Quiz 41 (60 MCQs)

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1. Contradictory terms appearing in conjunction such as "jumbo shrimp"
2. "His nose was as red as a rose" is what type of figurative language?
3. Sandra seems to be between jobs.
4. When you make an inference you .....
5. What type of figurative language is shown below:EX:The cool lake water glistened like diamonds in the sun.
6. The narrator is a character in the story in .....
7. ..... is the central idea, meaning, message or moral of a story.
8. My mother told me to break a leg before my dance recital!
9. What is denouement?
10. Things gotta get better, I figured. They couldn't get worse. I was wrong.
11. A direct comparison of two unlike things NOT using "like" or "as"
12. What effect does the writer create by using the hyperbole, there was enough food at the party to feed all the children of the earth?
13. Which one is NOT a type of conflict in literature?
14. Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers. A peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked. If Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers, Where's the peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked?
15. Imagery which appeals to the sense of smell
16. The immigrants closely related to the slaughter house animal because .....
17. A character who changes drastically by the end of the story is considered to be .....
18. Events in a story leading up to the main conflict
19. The reason why authors write stories or text.
20. Dynamic Characters .....
21. True or False:We usually learn about a story's themes through its characters (including its narrator).
22. An object or thing that represents something bigger than itself
23. The central idea in a piece of art or literature; the moral of the story or life lesson; the lessons learned by the characters and/or the readers
24. As their car rumbled down the dirt road toward the lake cabin, Kim was transported back to last summer. She remember the hard work it took to get the cabin in shape for another summer at the lake. "We have to work before we can play, " her mother had reminded her.
25. The associations people make with words that go beyond the literal or dictionary definition. Many words have connotations that create emotions or feelings in the reader.
26. Literary terms can be applied to books, movies and even song lyrics.
27. True or false:The term half-caste is not racist as it is based on Social Darwinism
28. Type or category to which a literary work belongs Ex. Fiction/Non-fiction, Drama, Poetry, Novel, Short Story, Biography, Essay, etc.
29. A form of contrast by which writers call attention to dissimilar ideas or images or metaphors
30. Why do poets use imagery?
31. Which one is the correct sequence for the plot of a story?
32. Where the suspense builds, the problem gets worse, or the problem gets complicated
33. A brief and sometimes witty story that focuses on a single interesting incident or event, often in order to make a point or teach a moral lesson
34. "Sarcasm is verbal irony + the intention to mock / criticize"
35. How does a political cartoon use symbolism and metaphor to convey a message, Soham, Abeer and Meesha?
36. When the conflict unravels with the main character either winning or losing, what part of the story is it? .....
37. How an author wants their audience to feel is called ..... And how the audience feels reading or watching the author's work is called .....
38. All are ways other characters reveal the main character EXCEPT .....
39. Identify the Literary Device used in the sentence: "She sells seashells by the sea-shore."
40. The angry storm pounded the walls of the cabin.
41. "Tuck was like a starving man looking through a window at a banquet."
42. What is the "counterclaim" in an argumentative essay?
43. Giving human characteristics to objects and phenomena.
44. Character type that has many traits, maybe even contradictory traits
45. Human qualities given to inanimate objects; Fingers of lightning flashed across the sky and the wind howled.
46. A narrative either in verse or prose, in which characters, action, and sometimes setting represent abstract concepts apart from the literal meaning of the story
47. What is the direct or indirect description of a character?
48. EXAMPLE:The scent of freshly baked apple pie wafted through the air, filling the kitchen with a warm and comforting aroma.
49. The conclusion of the story's plot.
50. Imagery that appeals to the reader's sense of hearing.
51. The attitude a writer takes toward a subject or a character:humorous, sarcastic, etc.
52. Repetition of internal vowel sounds in neighboring words
53. What does the word "Theme" mean?
54. What literary device is used?"The splat of bugs was heard against the windshield as we zoomed by the swamp."
55. "Only the daisy trees were serene ..... they ignored the men and continued to rock the diamondbacks that slept in their arms. It took the river to persuade them that indeed the world was altered."
56. Shine bright like a diamond.
57. What is tone shown through?
58. What gives a brief and indirect reference to a person, place, thing or idea of historical, cultural, literary or political significance
59. Identify the literary device in the following passage:(Scroll Down) "Do you realize that in no other country in the world with democratic tendencies is suffrage so completely denied as in a considerable number of our own states? There are thirteen black states where no suffrage for women exists, and fourteen others where suffrage for women is more limited than in many foreign countries. Do you realize that when you ask women to take their cause to state referendum you compel them to do this:that you drive women of education, refinement, achievement, to beg men who cannot read for their political freedom? Do you realize that such anomalies as a college president asking her janitor to give her a vote are overstraining the patience and driving women to desperation? Do you realize that women in increasing numbers indignantly resent the long delay in their enfranchisement?" (Catt 3).
60. This football team is a sinking ship.
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