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Literary Devices Quiz 69 (60 MCQs)

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1. What is it called when literature references anything famous?
2. What is an anachronism?
3. We could hear the squeal of his tires as he drove away fast.
4. What is the purpose of imagery in writing?
5. Which literary device is shown here?
6. Hint as to what happens next; suggestions or warnings about events to come are dropped.
7. Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall, Humpty Dumpty had a great fall. All the King's horses, And all the King's men Couldn't put Humpty together again!
8. Which literary device is used to give human characteristics to non-human things?
9. A narrative device that interrupts the chronological order of a story to depict events that occurred earlier.
10. Which literary device is used in the sentence "'I kept pushing it on, steadily, steadily'?
11. May, Alex, and Jennifer are watching a suspenseful movie. How does the suspense in the movie influence their engagement with it?
12. A reference to something.
13. Rock music was playing through the speakers at the gas station. John jumped out the window of his yellow Jeep without opening the door. As he pumped gas into the Jeep, he danced to the rock music. A girl with blonde hair was walking past. She said, "Wow, partner, you can really move." John tipped his hat to her and winked, and then he continued his performance. John climbed onto the hood of his Jeep and began stomping, shaking his hips, and clapping. Gas overflowed from the tank of the Jeep and spilled onto the ground. John continued to strut his stuff. What is the point of view?
14. This type of irony is where a character says the opposite of what they mean.
15. The exhilarating roller coaster ride filled me with excitement and adrenaline.
16. The conflict of a story where a character struggles with something INSIDE themselves.
17. A literary device used by an author to increase tension.
18. Read line 34.For the moon never beams, without bringing me dreamsOf the beautiful Annabel LeeWhat type of figurative language or stylistic element is found in this line?
19. A struggle happening within a character's mind
20. Which literary device demonstrates a phrase with an implied meaning that is different than the literal meaning?
21. It is so unfortunate that we have to let you go.
22. What is the use of a word whose sound makes you think of its meaning?
23. 'You are like a ray of sunshine!' is an example of:
24. Which word is a comparison of two unlike things using like or as?
25. Lazarus's line " the wretched refuse of your teeming shore" is an example of what .....
26. Words or phrases that help to paint an image in the reader's mind
27. Words or phrases surrounding an unknown word that helps you figure out its definition.
28. How words and phrases are arranged to create a though or sentence
29. Locate the personification in the following sentences:
30. Sensory Imagery can explore any one or more of the five human senses:sight, sound, taste, touch, and smell.
31. Does this sentence use active voice or passive voice?The paper was written by me.
32. Examples include sarcasm, understatement, exaggeration, or overstatement.
33. A thing that represents or stands for something else, especially a material object representing something abstract
34. "The wind screamed in the night" is an example of which type of figurative language?
35. "O, she doth teach the torches to burn bright!" is an example of .....
36. "Molasses buckets appeared from nowhere, and the ceiling danced with metallic light." -TKAM, Ch 2
37. The central message, moral, or lesson in a literary work.
38. To tell what something looks like, sounds like, or feels like, the author uses ..... writing
39. When a character has a problem with another character it is what type of conflict?
40. A figure of speech that compares two things or persons which are not similar
41. Definition of Denotation
42. That test took forever!I'm so hungry, I can eat a horse.I told you a million times.My bag weighs a ton. These are examples of:
43. The choice and use of words and phrases in speech or writing, often influenced by the author's style and tone.
44. A woman is going to break up with her boyfriend; meanwhile, we know he's buying her a diamond ring and planning his marriage proposal.
45. "The slightest exertion brought on a flood of perspiration."
46. This more subtle method of characterization relies on you, the reader, to decide for yourself or make judgments on who the character is based on how the character acts and what others say about them.
47. A third person in a play or story that has no physical being but witnesses all events and is all-knowing.
48. Which of the following means: "on the alert; watchful?"
49. The life lesson/message of the poem
50. "The couch has two personalities:'Melinda inhaling pepperoni and mushroom' and 'No one ever eats in the family room, no ma'am" ' (15)
51. Which bias is telling only part of a story; supporting one side and ignoring another perspective? (Also called cherry picking)
52. Read the following sentence from "Thank You, Mr. Falker" ."Almost as if it were magic, or as if light had poured into her brain, the words and sentences started to take shape on the page as they never had before."This sentence includes a(n) .....
53. What is the tone of the following sentence? "'Here we go again, ' he moaned, as he watched the other team score yet another goal."
54. When a character has a conflict with someone else
55. Two opposite ideas in the same sentence (ie "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times ..... ")
56. What is a dramatic foil?
57. "Four out of Five Dentists Recommend Trident Chewing Gum" is an example of which fallacy?
58. Employs a narrator who tells a story without describing any character's thoughts, opinions, or feelings; instead, it gives an objective, unbiased point of view.
59. The emotional atmosphere or ambiance evoked in the reader by a literary work.
60. Simile or Metaphor? The assignment was a breeze.
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