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Literary Devices Quiz 67 (60 MCQs)

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1. Which literary device is used in the following sentence: "The moonlight danced on the water" ?
2. "The afternoon sun sliced through the cracks of barn walls." What literary device is used?
3. Which sentence is written correctly?
4. An apron of steam
5. The series of events that make up your story.
6. When a narrator who is not involved in the story tells the story; this is an example of ..... POV
7. Which literary device uses descriptive language to create a picture in the reader's mind?
8. The boy was dying to get a new school bag.
9. The basic information needed to understand the story
10. Read the metaphor below and determine the two things being compared:Her mind opened and sailed onto the gentle breezes of the ocean. Distractions tugged and thoughts tailed her. She almost crashed, but the tightly held string of love held her safely.
11. A figure of speech that makes reference to a well-known person, event, or place is called .....
12. Words whose meaning is NOT exactly as stated
13. Which literary device is this:the living dead
14. Identify the literary device in the following sentence:Cathy kicked the caramel-colored kangaroo.
15. A sturdy lad from New Hampshire or Vermont, who in turn tries all the professions, who teams it, farms it, peddles, keeps a school, preaches, edits a newspaper, goes to Congress, buys a township, and so forth, in successive years, and always like a cat falls on his feet, is worth a hundred of these city dolls. The words in BLUE are an example of
16. "I would Love you ten years before the flood, And you should, if you please, refuseTill the conversion of the Jews." (To his Coy Mistress by Andrew Marvell). Identify the literary device used in this line.
17. A figure of speech that gives human qualities to animals, objects, or idea
18. (identify red, italicized portion) But then they always awoke to the falling rain, to the tatting drum, the endless shaking down of clear bead necklaces upon the roof, the walk, the gardens, the forests. The rain continued to fall and their dreams were gone.
19. The polished glasses winked at me.
20. One who seeks to create structure and order and is dedicated wholly to the process.
21. A technique that an author or speaker uses to convey to the listener or reader a meaning with the goal of persuading them.
22. The way in which the author develops the personalities of the characters.
23. "When you get as old as me, all you say when something hurts is 'Howdy Mr. Pain, sees you back again" ' contains:
24. Why should you have text evidence in your writing?
25. The heavy hail dented cars and cracked windows.
26. "The King Triton from the 'Little Mermaid' is similar to the Greek god Poseidon." What literary device is used?
27. A figure of speech that makes a direct comparison between two unrelated things, suggesting that they are alike in some way.
28. Language that's intended to create an image, association, or other effect in the mind of the listener or reader that goes beyond the literal meaning or expected use of the words involved.
29. Words that have similar sounds in a line of poetry
30. What takes the place of a noun?
31. A character working against the protagonist
32. This is an object or an idea that appears in a text at regular intervals and repeats itself throughout the literary work. It can be an image, a sound, an action, a behavior or a character that appears at regular intervals and develops or contributes towards understanding the main message of theme of a text.
33. Literary technique in which what appears, on the surface, to be the case, differs radically from what is actually the case
34. Which literary device uses words, people, landmarks, or ideas to represent something beyond the literal meaning?
35. "The thunder roared with anger." This line from a poem is an example of:
36. Which type(s) of figurative language and poetic devices were popular in Anglo Saxon poetry like Beowulf?
37. What is a word or phrase is written multiple times, usually for the purpose of emphasis. It is often used in poetry (for purposes of rhythm as well)?
38. A play that ends in death or sadness
39. An example of a simile is:
40. Refers to the use of words which sound like the noise they refer to.
41. Finish the line to make a rhyme. She liked to run and have lots of .....
42. A character who undergoes a dramatic inner change
43. The odd frog spots a mottled owl.
44. Barking up the wrong tree
45. In rhetoric, a roundabout description of something ..... verbosity.
46. A work that symbolizes or represents an idea or event
47. An allusion is a reference, typically brief, to a person, place, thing, event, or other literary work with which the reader is familiar.
48. "He was a real Romeo with the ladies."
49. Red rose-symbolizes love and romance
50. Which literary device is defined as a distinctive feature or dominant idea in an artistic or literary composition that may contribute to the theme?
51. "Long hair is the Greaser's pride." is an example of .....
52. The narrator is an outsider telling the story in .....
53. The creation of a believable personality by showing the character's appearance, displaying the character's actions, revealing the character's thoughts, hearing the character speak and seeing the reactions of others to this character
54. What do we call the combination of two words that, together, express a contradictory meaning?
55. Identify the hyperbole in the sentence:'I've told you a million times to clean your room!'a) told youb) a million timesc) clean your roomd) I've
56. What is the purpose of imagery in a poem?
57. Which literary term is showcased in the following quote:And suddenly Hassan's voice whispered in my head:For you, a thousand times over.
58. Definition of Oxymoron
59. I really wanted a camo shirt, but I couldn't find one.
60. Which literary device best describes this image?
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