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Literary Devices Quiz 48 (60 MCQs)

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1. Something that is direct, clear, and straightforward.
2. Giving living traits to non living things
3. A character who changes over the course of the plot can be described as .....
4. When what happens is the opposite of what is expected to happen
5. This type of allusion refers to an offhand allusion that is not integral to the plot.
6. The definition of a metaphor is:
7. Which point of view only tells the reader ONE character's thoughts and emotions and the narrator is telling the story from the outside?
8. A writing technique developed to present the flow of a character's seemingly unconnected thoughts, responses, and sensations.
9. What do the five servants in "The Prince and the She-Devils" symbolize?
10. Peace and Freedom in "The Watchers" are an example of .....
11. The lights are on, but nobody is home.
12. A brief reference in a literary work to a person, place, thing, or passage in another literary work, usually for the purpose of associating the tone or theme of the one work with the other.
13. Example: "There is darkness and light within all of us."
14. The preface or introduction to a literary work
15. "This is the best burger in this town, even in the whole country" What literary device can you spot here?
16. When a writer gives human characteristics to non-human things, such as animals, objects, or ideas, what is this technique called?
17. Which literary device is being used in the following sentence:'Sophia's laughter was as melodious as a song.'
18. Which literary device refers to the underlying message or main idea of a literary work?
19. The rough bark of the tree scratched his skin as he climbed higher and higher.
20. Also known as literary devices, literary techniques provide deeper meaning for the reader and help the reader to use imagination to visualise situations.
21. Every man, every woman, every child, should be loved.
22. Feeling or atmosphere that a write creates for the reader. Ex. "The heavy black clouds became thick over the city and we all felt a sense of dread."
23. Identify the literary device in the sentence:'The wind whispered through the trees.'
24. Represents savagery and anarchy
25. Being able to identify the central idea of a text shows .....
26. The wind howled in the night
27. The part of the plot that is the fallout from the highest point of tension.
28. A poetic device where objects are given human characteristics.
29. Mood is best described as
30. The connotation of the word "snake" could be danger or deceit, depending on the context.
31. A narrator who is able to know, see, and tell all, including the inner thoughts and feelings of multiple characters.
32. What is this an example of? The captain couldn't keep the men in the cabins.
33. The humanizing characteristic of the story, the life lesson or moral emphasized and shown through the text if one can read between the lines.
34. The algebra test stared back at me, challenging me to a fight.
35. The people in a story
36. These are examples of which device? Freezer Burn Random Order Jumbo Shrimp
37. Which part of the plot diagram is the most exciting part of the story and is the turning point?
38. What literary device makes the reader curious about what will happen next?
39. Do I love you because you're beautiful? Or are you beautiful because I love you?
40. And indirect reference to someone or something that is known from history, literature, religion, politics, sports, science, or another branch of culture
41. "My kid sister Cheryl and I always bragged about our Sioux grandpa, Joe Iron Shell. Our friends, who had always lived in the city and only knew about Indians from movies and TV, were impressed by our stories." ..... "The Medicine Bag" What point of view is the story told in?
42. Which sound device uses repeating patterns of sounds, especially stressed and unstressed syllables?
43. LITERARY DEVICE THAT WRITERS UTILIZE AS A MEANS TO INDICATE OR HINT TO READERS SOMETHING THAT IS TO FOLLOW OR APPEAR LATER IN A STORY.
44. "Their voices were like guitars in the night" is an example of
45. Her new car cost an arm and a leg.
46. A writer's word choices, which often convey voice and tone.
47. There are four lines in each
48. I am the smartest person in the world.
49. The action following the climax, a cool down
50. The dog's bed is a marshmallow, it looks so comfortable.
51. What is this term?a part standing for or representing the whole
52. Is this alliteration?The cobra caused chaos in the theatre.
53. The most common type of meter is
54. "The trees were punching at the sky as the wind shook them wildly"
55. Movement imagery
56. It's those we hate the most that need love the most.
57. Choose a synonym for hint, mention, reference.
58. The comparison of two unlike things using the words "like" or "as" is referred to as a?
59. The feeling or idea that a word has. (Not necessarily the dictionary definition.)
60. Events that took place at an earlier time
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