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Literary Devices Quiz 8 (60 MCQs)

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1. The devastating news left me feeling broken and devastated.
2. That new kid in science class is an Einstein!
3. The contrast between appearance and reality
4. The arrangement of words in a sentence
5. "It's like being a kid in a candy store" is an example of .....
6. What is this sentence: "He was tired and hungry as a bear, but he still decided to sit down and talk to his mother."
7. What is forshadow?
8. When a character has a conflict with them selves
9. "Her mind is a steel trap" is an example of .....
10. Comparing two unlike things with "like" or "as"
11. What literary device was used in this piece?
12. The perspective from which a story is told, such as first-person, third-person limited, or third-person omniscient
13. An implied metaphor is .....
14. ..... is/are all the necessary background information a reader needs to effectively understand a story.
15. What are hints, clues, or warnings about something that will happen later in the story called?
16. The perspective or attitude that the author adopts with regards to a specific character, place or development
17. The last day of school is like a day at the beach-easy and relaxing.
18. A question asked that is not meant to be answered
19. What is this sentence an example of?
20. "The shuttle rattled off into silence"
21. Two opposites in conjunction (Jumbo Shrim)
22. When a thought or idea doesn't stop at the end of a line, but continues onto another line of poetry, it is called
23. A non-human entity or thing is given human characteristics. What literary device is used?
24. I've told you to clean your room a million times!
25. Watching the show was like watching grass grow.
26. The conclusion of a story
27. What is the literary device that refers to lines which end on a period or on a natural break in the sentence?
28. What is the beat of a poem?
29. The time and place where a story takes place
30. "Boom, Pow, Bang, Vroom" are all examples of which of the following literary devices
31. A move to a scene in a movie, novel, etc. that is set in a time earlier than the main story.
32. Visually descriptive or figurative language is .....
33. ..... are the characters who are trying to resolve a conflict.
34. A type of irony in which suspense is created because the audience knows something the characters do not
35. This is a technique which the writers use to give the readers a hint of what is to come later in a story. Such communication can be made through a dialogue between characters or through a description of the ambience. A hint of what is coming ahead can be given through an incident in the story or even through the title of a chapter. This technique allows the authors to hold the interest of the readers.
36. Which of the following is used in the sentence? Stars twinkle like diamonds.
37. Which contest did Rudy and Liesel participate in?
38. The author's emotions represent the ..... of a story
39. Dominant idea or feature-recurring (i.e. money/finance in The Great Gatsby)
40. The teacher is like an angry lion when she is mad.
41. Which literary device is used in this example?I have told you a million times to wash the dishes.
42. And remember the old Saturnia of the war
43. Which of these sentences contains personification?
44. A form of verbal irony that is intended to mock or convey contempt.
45. The person or thing working against theprotagonist, or hero, of the work
46. An interruption in a story that shows events that happened at an earlier time
47. A book that contains information on many subjects; or comprehensive information in a particular field of knowledge; usually arranged alphabetically.
48. It's time to face the music and talk to my parents about breaking the TV.
49. Which of the following has a negative connotation?
50. He is a night owl.
51. Onomatopoeia is a word that ..... the sound it represents.
52. The 5th metrical foot in a verse of Dactylic Hexameter is almost always a .....
53. What is the concept of creating mental images through descriptive language?
54. Kisses are the flowers of affection.
55. The repetition of the same words or phrases a few times to make an idea clearer
56. An expression peculiar to a particular language that means something different from the literal meaning of the words
57. This is the word choice the author or speaker uses in a literary piece of work
58. What is the purpose of Direct Address in writing?
59. The leading character struggles with his or her physical strength against other characters, forces of nature, or animals.
60. A figure of speech in which two opposite idea are joined to create an effect
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