Literary Devices Quiz 45 (60 MCQs)

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1. The definition of a simile is:
2. Which literary term is showcased in the following quote:I was that Monster.
3. What is the definition of epiphany?
4. When an author uses humanlike characteristics to describe objects, this is called .....
5. Which of the following is NOT a type of irony?
6. The time, place, and environment
7. A ..... character's personality does not change throughout the story.
8. What is a literary allusion?
9. Which of the following is the best definition of conflict?
10. What happens at the end of Godfather Death?
11. A struggle between two or more forces (ex. Man vs. Nature
12. My mom has a Spartan workout routine.
13. What are the feelings of the reader called?
14. What literary device involves a discrepancy between expectation and reality?
15. Which Literary Device is in the following sentence:I could eat a million tacos all day everyday.
16. A simile COMPARES 2 things using the words ..... or .....
17. My heart pounded on my chest.
18. ..... is when a non-living thing is given human characteristics.
19. When the character faces an inside opposition.
20. Conflict that exists between a person and himself or herself
21. What literary device represents a thing or abstraction as having human characteristics?
22. Which POV uses "I, me, and my" to tell a story?
23. Thunder rolled across the sky, shaking the house as if it were made of cards. The wind howled and moaned. The children tiptoed down the stairs holding tightly to the railing. The sounds of the storm had made it impossible for them to stay upstairs. They decided they wanted to be downstairs with their parents.Which describes the mood of the passage?
24. Point-of-View is:
25. All the world's a stage, and all the men and women [are] players.
26. "The latest proposal will not stop the steady declines of the coal industry." is an example of .....
27. When your parents learn about your new plan to raise money, it's going to sink like the Titanic.
28. Robert Frost's poem "The Road Not Taken" has a deeper meaning. Robert Frost is encouraging people to follow their own path.
29. The moon smiled down on us.
30. The usage of words in a way to create musical effect. It can be internal rhyme or end rhyme.
31. Something that stands for or represents something else (ex:heart represents love)
32. Parallelism creates a parallel position between opposite ideas through grammatical elements as a means of emphasizing contrast. / Parallelism:Create a parallel position between opposing ideas through grammatical elements as a way to emphasize contrast.
33. Her eyes were as big as saucers.
34. Background information necessary in order to understand a story
35. Which is the correct end mark for this sentence? What an amazing sight it must have been
36. "Maybe she's born with it, maybe it's Maybelline!"
37. A prediction, omen, or hint of what is to come in a story:
38. Refers to the overall feeling of a piece of writing
39. After his second visit with the witches, Macbeth decides to kill
40. The central idea, topic, or point of a story, which could be a life lesson or the author's overall message to the reader
41. An extravagant exaggeration used as a figure of speech
42. Which of the following is NOT an example of man vs. nature?
43. "Montag slid down the pole like a man in a dream."
44. What is the term for a piece of writing that deliberately mimics another work in order to critique it?
45. What's a message?
46. True or False:A prediction at the beginning of a work is considered foreshadowing, even if the prediction does NOT come true.
47. The sequence of events that ties the beginning of a story to the end.
48. Don't count your chickens before they're hatched.
49. Which is an example of second person point of view?
50. A series of events that builds from the conflict. It begins with the inciting incident and ends with the climax.
51. Opportunity was knocking at her door.
52. A story written in 1st person about a specific memory or several related memories.
53. Omnipotent, first person, second person, and third person are all examples of .....
54. The main message of a text.
55. The pop and bang of the fireworks sounded overhead.
56. Words like digust and terror in "The Little Frog" are examples of
57. "He is running faster than the wind"
58. What type of noun names a specific person, place, or thing?
59. "My lips, two blushing pilgrims" is an example of .....
60. When the same consonant letter or sound is at the beginning of several closely connected words