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Literary Devices Quiz 65 (60 MCQs)

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1. When a story goes back to an earlier event in time, that is called a .....
2. This device uses obvious exaggeration to create a dramatic effect:
3. Emotions that specific words have
4. "Bang, crack, pow" is an example of what?
5. Important hints or clues that an author drops to prepare the reader for what is to come in the story, helps the reader anticipate the outcome
6. What does white symbolize in this work?
7. Using one or more of the 5 senses to paint a picture in the reader's mind. Example:The night was black as ever, but bright stars lit up the sky in beautiful and varied constellations which were sprinkled across the astronomical landscape.In this example, the experience of the night sky is described in-depth with color (black as ever, bright), shape (varied constellations), and pattern (sprinkled).
8. "Right is right, and wrong is wrong, and a body ain't got no business doing wrong when he ain't ignorant and knows better." is an example of which literary device?
9. Which literary device is shown here?628 mille domos adiere locum requiemque petentes, 629 mille domos clausere serae;
10. It is a discord that can have external aggressors or can even arise from within the self.
11. Characters, objects, or events that have an abstract, or figurative meaning (stands for something else) Ex. George and Lennie's dream represents their freedom and wealth.
12. "As bright as the sun ..... " This is an example of
13. "This place is funky, funky, funky" What literary device can you spot here?
14. The dimples dug deeper in the baby's cheeks and the lone milky tooth shone in his mouth. This example is
15. A branch of drama that has sorrowful events happening to the characters in the story.
16. What is the literary device used to create a repeating pattern of sounds?
17. In your eyesI see there's something burning inside youOh, inside you(The Weeknd)
18. I overheard the streets talking about you.
19. "He understands the female rage, / Why Eve was lustful and/ Delilah's/ Grim deceit."
20. Which set of words rhyme?
21. A word that imitates the sound it respresents:bam, poof, crash
22. "Books are magic" is an example of .....
23. When Lady Macbeth calls on spirits of darkness, what literary device is she utilizing?
24. In Greek mythology, sirens are creatures who use magical songs to draw sailors to their island. What is the meaning of the allusion in the sentence below? For some actors, the wish to become famous is the siren song that leads them to acting.
25. Literary element that is used to throw off readers and lead them to false conclusions.
26. What is the term for when an author reveals a character's character traits through characterization?
27. An expression whose meaning goes beyond the literal meaning of its words
28. She's a good swimmer, but she's no Ariel.
29. A person, place, or an event that has meaning in itself and stands for something beyond itself as well
30. The point of view where the narrator tells the story to another character using "you, " so that the story is being told through the addressee's point of view?
31. A comparison using "like" or "as" between two unlike things that have something important in common
32. "Their" is a .....
33. Writers use literary devices to .....
34. A theme should be a statement, not just one word.
35. Red is used for Valentine's Day decorations. Why is this color chosen?
36. I suppose that getting into a fistfight with the principal was a little bit out of line.
37. What literary device is used when a poet or author gives objects or animals human qualities?
38. Six silly sisters all saw the swan.
39. Giving the traits of a human to something that is not human.
40. The flag hid shyly from the April breeze, refusing to flutter until a gust moved in.
41. Choose the word with the positive connotation. self-confident ..... arrogant
42. When the author gives clues to something that has not yet happened
43. Man vs. man; man vs. self; man vs. society; man vs. supernatural.
44. He is one tough cookie.
45. Extreme exaggeration for effect
46. What does Jackie wonder when she attends Sunday sermons?
47. "She was lost in a sea of nameless faces." This sentence is an example of .....
48. Creating a mental visualization because of words that affect your senses is ..... ?
49. Problem within a character
50. What literary device give human qualities to objects or animals
51. Which idiom goes the best with this sentence?I have a problem.
52. Uncertainty or anxiety the reader feels about what is going to happen next in a story. Ex. In Toy Story 3 when Woody and his friends think they might die in an incinerator. Will they make it!?
53. Which literary device is a scene in a story that goes back in time to reveal something important about a character or event?
54. How the story ends
55. Usually placed at the end of a chapter to encourage the reader to continue reading
56. CRASH! went the cymbals during the song is an example of .....
57. "An apprehensive night crawled slowly by like a wounded snake and sleep did not visit Rainsford, although the silence of a dead world was on the jungle."What 2 literary devices are being used in the above passage?
58. Comparing two unlike things by saying one thing is another
59. What literary device is displayed in this sentence? "The story jumped off the page"
60. A conceit is .....
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