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Literary Devices Quiz 51 (60 MCQs)

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1. The sun is hot lava in the sky.
2. In a school play, Valeria played the role of a dove which was portrayed as a symbol of peace. Which literary device is being used in this scenario?
3. A comparison of two unlike things based on a similarity of just one particular aspect.
4. Inferences made about a character based on what they say, what theydo, and what others say/think
5. The attitude of a person towards something
6. Definition-The angle from which the story is told.
7. When a statement is used to express an opposite meaning than the one literally expressed by it.
8. What is a figure of speech that exaggerates for emphasis or dramatic effect?
9. Beauty is only skin deep.
10. The central idea or universal truth that a story examines is .....
11. Figurative language which invokes one or more of the senses
12. Which of the following choices is an example of a simile.
13. A form of suspense where both options from which the character has to choose are negative.
14. What's the fun difference between satire and sarcasm?
15. "By the lakes that thus outspread / Their lone waters, lone and dead / Their sad waters, sad and chilly" Which technique is being used?
16. Words or phrases a writer uses to represent persons, objects, actions, feelings, and ideas descriptively by appealing to the five senses
17. The motorcycle growled when the rider turned it on.
18. The tree's leaves tasted bitter, like unroasted coffee beans.
19. Which literary device is shown here?23 causa viae est coniunx, in quam calcata venenum
20. What is falling action
21. "The goddess Diana's lip is not more smooth and rubious than yours"
22. A device in which an implausible concept or character is introduced at the end of a story in order to resolve the conflict and bring a pleasing resolution.
23. What is induction?
24. When the speaker says something in sharp contrast to his or her actual meaning
25. The word spread like leaves in a storm.
26. Word or sequence of words representing a sensory experience (visual, auditory, olfactory, tactile, and gustatory)
27. The use of extreme exaggeration
28. Which literary device is being used in the following sentence:'Her eyes were as bright as the stars'?
29. What literary device is this? "The patient boy and quiet girl were both well mannered and did not disobey their mother."
30. Which sentence is written in 1st person?
31. Choose the correct option."The sun smiled down on us while the trees in the happy wind." This is an example of
32. A mild or vague expression used instead of saying something more harsh.
33. "A thicket of berry bushes protects it from unwanted eyes."
34. The repetition of initial consonant sounds (ex:Mickey Mouse).
35. The words that a character speaks in a story ..... ORwhen a character speaks
36. The use of a repeating sound, phrase, word, or sentence for emphasis.
37. Select the word that correctly defines each story element. The climax of the story is when
38. This is the repetition of initial consonant sounds in a line of poetry
39. E stands for.....
40. I am as hungry as a bear! Is an example of .....
41. A word which imitates the natural sounds of a thing, for example BUZZ and POP:
42. Natural laws of human development as they relate to environment.
43. What is this an example of?The storm clouds began to cry.
44. The Center for Disease Control advises everyone to get a flu vaccination.
45. Which literary device is used in the sentence 'The wind whistled in the air.'?
46. This is an extended work in prose, either fictitious or partly so, dealing with character, action, thought, etc, especially in the form of a story
47. Is Flashback a Literary device?
48. Which literary device compares two different things using the words 'like' or 'as'?
49. "The old charts call it 'Ship-Trap Island, "' Whitney replied. "A suggestive name, isn't it? Sailors have a curious dread of the place. I don't know why. Some superstition ..... "
50. "The children pressed to each other like so many roses ..... "
51. It is going to take a zillion years to get through medical school. What is this?
52. An extreme exaggeration within literature to express importance.
53. A reference to a literary work to something famous .....
54. "Beauty is truth, truth beauty" "My love is a red, red rose"
55. Break a leg is what kind of literary device?
56. When an author in their own work refers to an event in another work, this is called a(n) .....
57. A joke exploiting the different possible meanings of a word or the fact that there are words that sound alike but have different meanings
58. This is an example of which literary device? We only said goodbye with wordsI died a hundred times
59. I was so thirsty that I could drink a thousand juice boxes!
60. It is the repetition of words, phrases, or clauses at the beginning of two or more clauses or sentences in a row.
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