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Literary Devices Quiz 49 (60 MCQs)

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1. "Her hair is as black as the night sky" is an example of .....
2. What is the literary device where two words are opposing and contradictory?
3. A reference to something known from literature, history, religion, myth, politics, or other field
4. Which word means the repetition of two or more of the same vowel sounds in a word or the repetition of two or more of the same consonant sounds in a word?
5. An elegy is a poem of .....
6. The part of the story when the conflict lessens.
7. When the narrative is a character in the story and uses the pronoun "I"
8. Meow, woof, tweet went the barnyard.
9. "The sun smiled down on us" is an example of which literary device?
10. -"Methinks i see thee, now thou art so low, as one dead in the bottom of a tomb"
11. Which literary device is shown here? 1 hello, not the little girl with the nose2 nor the bell foot nor the black eyes3 nor the long fingers nor the dry mouth4 nor of course the very elegant tongue
12. What is the structure of Problem/Solution in the context of text?
13. What is the plot of a literary work?
14. The sound of quiet chit-chat distracted the professor during his lecture.
15. Identify the type of conflict:Jasmine's best friends are in an argument and not talking. They both ask her to hangout after school and Jasmine does not know what to do. She does not want to seem like she is taking sides. She is unsure about how to handle this because she wants to remain neutral.
16. The part of a story that happened before the present action. The author usually brings these out through character storytelling or through dreams
17. Exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution
18. What is a footnote?
19. What is the role of diction in writing?
20. To a Daughter Leaving Home:Part A:How does the poet use a simile in lines 15-24?
21. WHICH LITERARY DEVICE IS USED IN THIS SENTENCE-IF TWO WITCHES WHERE WATCHING TWO WATCHES, WHICH WITCH WOULD WATCH WHICH WATCH .....
22. When something that is not human is given human qualities it is called .....
23. Modifies a noun or pronoun.
24. Which is a synonym for narrative?
25. What is the tone in a literary work?
26. Which literary device is being used in the following sentence:'The author's choice of words creates a somber tone.'?
27. Lord Voldemort embodies all that is cruel, malicious, and evil, while Dumbledore contrasts Voldy by being kind-hearted and represents good. They are pretty much equal in terms of power, but Lord Voldemort and Dumbledore are ..... ?
28. Hold fast to dreamsFor if dreams dieLife is a broken-winged birdThat cannot fly.
29. When a narrative makes a brief "jump" into the past
30. PLOT STRUCTURE (exposition, rising action, climax, etc.) is a .....
31. "New York City is the city that never sleeps" is an example of:
32. Vantage point from which a story is
33. Definition-It is an often-humorous way of poking fun at the powers that be. Sometimes, it is created with the goal to drive social change. It is both a genre and a literary device that holds human nature up to criticism and scorn. It is often political in focus but does not have to be. In literature, writers use irony, humor, and exaggeration to create successful ..... George Orwell's famous 1945 novel Animal Farm is a good example of this.
34. How does Scrooge feel seeing the Christmas party of his former master, Fezziwig?
35. A unifying idea that is a recurrent element in a literary
36. The main characterEx. Jimmy Valentine
37. An exaggerated way of saying something
38. Warning of future events in the story
39. A device that gives human attributes to animals and objects.
40. Which detail from the lyrics below contains alliteration? Now an animal's life cycle is sort of the same, Here's an example of a mammal-hmm, let me explain.Take a puppy that's inside of its mom, It's born with its eyes shut-it doesn't know what's going on.
41. The writer's attitude toward the subject matter or audience of a literary work. / La actitud del escritor hacia el tema o la audiencia de una obra literaria.
42. Which of these needs to be capitalized?
43. Which of the following is used in the sentence? My dad is a roaring lion.
44. "A short, pudgy boy fidgeted, looking at Thomas with wide eyes""A thick, heavily-muscled Asian kid folded his arms as he studied Thomas, his tight shirtsleeves rolled up to show his biceps"
45. The writer can use an object, a word, an action, or a character to suggest or mean something.
46. Which of the following sentences is an example of Metonymy?
47. What is the connotation of the word 'snake'?
48. While reading a novel, you come across a sentence where the author subtly refers to the 'Titanic disaster' without explicitly mentioning it. This technique used by the author is a brief and indirect reference to a historical event. The author only refers to the concept and the reader is expected to know it or research it.
49. Definition-a statement that contradicts itself, or that must be both true and untrue at the same time. They are quirks in logic that demonstrate how our thinking sometimes goes haywire, even when we use perfectly logical reasoning to get there. They at least sound reasonable. They're not obvious nonsense, and it's only upon consideration that we realize their self-defeating logic. Example- "A Chinese folk tale tells of a blacksmith who created the best armor and weapons in the world. He once created a spear that could pierce any object. He then created a shield that could deflect any attack. When a young boy asked him what would happen if he tried to pierce the shield with the spear, the blacksmith realized he could not answer. Because of this story, the Chinese character for " ..... " is a spear next to a shield."
50. The struggle takes place within the mind of the character
51. Aiden, Ava, and Jackson are having a debate. They are trying to figure out what the main idea or message in a piece of writing is called. Can you help them out?
52. What does the following passage from "Lob's Girl" foreshadow?The village was approached by a narrow, steep, twisting hill-road, and guarded by a notice that said LOW GEAR FOR 1 1/2 MILES, DANGEROUS TO CYCLISTS.
53. What literary device is used?"The historian loves reading about bobcats. They are lynx to the past."
54. This is the perception of life or human nature that is the main idea of a work of literature.
55. Which literary device is a saying that is widely used among speakers of a certain language with a figurative meaning different from its literal meaning?
56. This is an example of which literary device? The screen door slams, Mary's dress swaysLike a vision she dances across the porch, as the radio playsRoy Orbison singing for the lonely
57. Onomatopoia is a word formed using
58. A message that is directly stated or is immediately obvious to the reader
59. Reasons behind a character's actions
60. Which literary device is employed in the sentence: "The child is father of the man." (William Wordsworth)
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