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Literary Devices Quiz 60 (60 MCQs)

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1. Meaning the narrator can see and know everything within the story
2. Giving human qualities to inanimate objects, ideas, or animals.
3. The rest of the world was black and white.
4. "Into the silent sea" is an example of
5. Person versus Person:
6. I'm afraid to tell Dad that I dented the car. He's likely to blow his top when he hears the news.
7. Imagine a scenario where Khansa, Jericho, and Vivian are in a book club discussing various literary techniques. Khansa says, 'Irony is a type of metal used in literature.' Vivian chuckles and says, 'No, Khansa, that's not right!' What is the correct definition of irony in literature that Vivian could tell Khansa?
8. Identify the literary device:"The house shuddered, oak bone on bone, its bared skeleton cringing"
9. EXAMPLE:The colorful, blooming flowers of spring are nature's grandest artwork.
10. The difference between what appears to be real and what is actually real.
11. What are the fears and insecurities that a protagonist has to overcome in order to get what they want called?
12. Whether the author writes formally, informally, in slang, etc is considered diction.
13. The use of clues by the author to prepare readers and build suspense by providing hints of what is to come
14. How is the characterization of the antagonist in Illegal?
15. The most exciting part of the story is called the ..... The height of tension or emotion/action.
16. The theme of a story is the .....
17. "It was quiet except for the sound of our feet on the cement and the dry, scraping sound of leaves blowing across the street." Which figurative language device is being used here?
18. To prevent from succeeding.
19. "I kept a cherry bomb [firework] and a locked diary in the closet under the back steps where Bea wouldn't try to find them."
20. "The black cat, a common symbol for bad luck, crossed their path." This sentence uses .....
21. The horrid odor of rotten fish filled the house.
22. On the Fourth of July, the air is filled with bangs and booms of fireworks. The sentence above contains an example of
23. How is the characterization of the protagonist in Illegal?
24. The emotional or cultural associations that a word carries beyond its literal meaning. They can be positive, negative, or neutral.
25. ..... is an example of figurative language in a literary work, whereby the author uses vivid descriptions in order to appeal to the readers senses (sense of touch, smell, sight, etc.).
26. "This is the beginning of the end." is an example of .....
27. Repetition of beginning word sounds that are close together
28. The example highlighted below is an example of? The moon never beams without bringing me dreams (one line)
29. The beginning of the story where the characters and setting are introduced
30. When speakers or writers alter their style or tone within the same piece of writing.
31. What is the literary device that compares two objects using the words "like" or "as" ?
32. Using words or phrases that appeal to one or more of the five senses in order to present objects, express ideas, or describe feelings and scenes
33. What does vivid writing always include?
34. Identify the literary device/ technique:The snow was a white blanket on the grass.
35. Which of the following nouns is a place?
36. What is the Rising Action of a story?
37. What does the word "Rhetorical question" mean?
38. Supporting character whose role is to highlight a major character by contrasting him or her
39. Jenna's house was destroyed when Hurricane Katrina blew through New Orleans.
40. Conversation between 2 people or characters in a story
41. Which of the following terms is defined as "the feeling, attitude, or atmosphere that the author has set in his/her story or poem" ? Ex. An author can describe his feeling or attitude calmly and with admiration, then shift his work to feel rigid and aggressive.
42. The end of the Conflict
43. Words that SOUND like the actions they refer to.
44. A ..... character undergoes important changes throughout a story.
45. "It was a peaceful evening; the sky was painted deep blue and the clouds were edged with pink and gold." is an example of .....
46. Which word is a Japanese poem consisting of 3 unrhymed lines of 5, 7, and 5 syllables that is about some aspect of nature?
47. Allusion is a literary device in which
48. The attribution of human characteristics to non-living objects.
49. ..... s are what the work says about the thematic concept.
50. What is the genre of the story "Click-Clack the Rattlebag?"
51. This figure of speech uses exaggeration to make a point
52. She's the next Beyonce'. OR He's the next Michael Jordan.
53. Boom! Zip! Snap! Splash!
54. The use of a sound effect. (Ex:BOOM! CRASH! Chirp! Beep!)
55. Watching people play golf is like watching grass grow.
56. A new type of broom came out and it is sweeping the nation.
57. When the opposite of what is supposed to occur happens (reversal of expectations).
58. The literary device, Irony, means .....
59. What are the different types of irony?
60. Presents actions by starting in the middle of the rising action and tracing back to the beginning
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