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Literary Devices Quiz 66 (60 MCQs)

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1. What is an allegory in literature?
2. In Martin Luther Kings speech the line, "I have a dream ..... I have a dream ..... " is an example of?
3. Which of these is not historcally factual?
4. It was a sleepless night.
5. The first stage of the plot ..... introduces characters, setting, and situation
6. What is the pattern of rhyming lines in a poem called?
7. The informal words, phrases, or even slang in a piece of writing are referred to as
8. The smell of the smoke from the house fire burned my eyes.
9. A rhetorical figure involving the deliberate omission of conjunctions to create a concise, terse, and often memorable statement.
10. A ski area closes because of heavy snowfall.
11. Static (flat) Character
12. A literary or dramatic character who undergoes an important inner change, as a change in personality or attitude
13. What figure of speech is represented in the sentence "He was sweating like a racehorse."
14. This type of sentence shows strong feeling and ends in an exclamation mark.
15. What type of poem does not have a regular rhyme scheme or structure?
16. What is the figure of speech used in the phrase 'Time is a thief'?
17. Identify the gerund in the sentence below. Driving in a crowded city was a new experience.
18. Define the theme of a literary work.
19. Which of the following could be used as a caption in an editorial cartoon?
20. Don't cry over spilled milk.
21. Which genre utilizes sequential art, combining images and text to tell a story?
22. A figure of speech in which human characteristics are attributed to non-human objects or ideas.
23. A single, related chunk of lines in a poem
24. Identify the literary device in the following passage: "Years later, I thought about this when I left Nigeria to go to university in the United States. I was 19. My American roommate was shocked by me. She asked where I had learned to speak English so well, and was confused when I said that Nigeria happened to have English as its official language. She asked if she could listen to what she called my "tribal music, " and was consequently very disappointed when I produced my tape of Mariah Carey. She assumed that I did not know how to use a stove" (Adichie 2).
25. When we expect one thing to happen and the exact opposite does
26. It is where and when the story takes place.
27. A four-line poem of any kind; often combined to form a larger poem.
28. ..... characterization requires the reader to decipher the clues given by the writer.
29. In your history book, you read about a young man in the Revolutionary War who kills a British soldier. That soldier who was killed turns out to be his favourite cousin.
30. A great potato of a woman with a round, sensible face and calm brown eyes.
31. Language that uses the 5 senses to help create mental images
32. "I came, I saw, I conquered." -Julius CaesarThis is an example of:
33. "People who don't support the proposed state minimum wage increase hate the poor." is an example of .....
34. The way the reader is meant to feel. Often established through setting.
35. A reference in literature to a famous person, place, or event.
36. "Cold and weighted downWith two oranges in my pocket"Which words make this a use of imagery?
37. Use of language that normally signifies the opposite of what is intended .....
38. "The mind is a bottomless toolbox you can fill up with a infinite amount of hammers and nails, " is an example of a .....
39. Identify the preposition(s): ..... My brother and I walked up the path and down to the stream.
40. A series of events of plot points that causes the reader to feel anxious are used to build .....
41. "This bag weighs a ton!" " The Sea lent those bitter tears"
42. "Arf, arf!" cried our dog, Rover.
43. POV:The story is told from multiple points of view
44. The opposite of what is expected
45. He is as strong as an ox.
46. The writer uses the same ideas several times but different words
47. "The bees buzzed on, clouding my brainpan."
48. What literary device is used?"The doctor wrote me a subscription"
49. With every word she spoke, she was digging herself into a deeper hole.
50. A humorous or satirical imitation of a serious piece of literature or writing
51. This excerpt appeals to which sense:She went back to eating earth. The first time she did it almost out of curiosity, sure that the bad taste would be the best cure for the temptation.
52. A character that is described in depth, with many details by the author. When you are reading a story and you feel like you know a character extremely well.
53. Why did the monster eat a light bulb?
54. "My fingers were ice" What literary device can you spot here?
55. What punctuation mark is missing from this word? "cant"
56. The perspective from which a writer tells a story is known as which literary device?
57. "Ben Shapiro is an alt-right sage without the rage." is an example of .....
58. This literary device is an exaggerated statement for effect
59. Luis regretted that he had not finished his homework and would get a zero for the assignment.
60. Read the following passage and determine what the word ..... tarnishing ..... means:One night, as I watched my newborn son sleep, studying his beautiful face, I suddenly became filled with fear. I was convinced I would screw him up-that all my problems would wash over him, tarnishing his perfect soul. Strangely, while panicking about my son's impending doom, Dad popped to mind. I sat there in the dark, surrounded by the soothing sounds and smells of my baby's room, and I thought of how Dad must have felt when I was born. I knew at that moment that he never intended to hurt me. I realized that he loved me just as I loved my son. I knew that he had done the best he could, even if it wasn't always very good.
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