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Literary Devices Quiz 81 (60 MCQs)

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1. A play on words; sometimes on different senses or sounds
2. Uneasy feeling that a reader gets when they don't know what is going to happen next
3. Identify the tone of the passage:"Lana paced up and down the hall, and every few minutes headed to the window to check for the mail carrier. When he finally showed up, she ran down the path and stretched out her hand for the mail. She took a deep breath and, hands shaking, ripped open the envelope."
4. When the story is told from a character's point of view; you will see pronouns like "I, me, we, etc."
5. "My alarm yelled at me this morning." Which literary device is used here?
6. Rolling over peaks and through valleys like a car on a roller coaster
7. Which of these is an example of metaphor?
8. Bob and Sally got into an argument. Sally accused Bob of cheating with Jane. Bob and Jane were able to prove that they were not cheating. As a result, Sally apologized to Bob and Jane. Of what type of conflict is this an example?
9. A word or phrase that is not formal; slang.
10. A news segment features a city-wide donation to the food shelf to combat local poverty and hunger. This is an example of which text structure type?
11. Rufus smiles as wide as the ocean.
12. What is the most intense part of the story?
13. A repeated theme is called a
14. The literal meaning
15. A narrator whose knowledge is limited to one character
16. Poem made of 3 lines where the first line has 5 syllables, the second line has 7 syllables, and the third line has 5 syllables. It has no rhyme scheme or meter.
17. Epics open in medias res or in the middle of the action, and we learn of past events through flashbacks.
18. "I'm a BARGAIN shopper" vs. "I'm a CHEAPSKATE."
19. A figure of speech that references a person, place, or event-usually other work of art
20. What literary device is used in the phrase 'time flies'?
21. This literary device is when the author gives hints as to what's going to happen later in the story.
22. Series of events leading to the climax. During this time, the tension builds as the conflict becomes more evident.
23. The author's attitude toward the subject and the emotional response the story creates for the reader.
24. Which word is the verb in the sentence? The students talked loudly in class.
25. All the events that lead to the climax of a story are called the .....
26. The struggle that the main character faces in the book is called what?
27. What literary device is the following? The light of the fire is a sight
28. What is euphony?
29. "The beginning of the end" is an example of a/an:
30. When the writer gives a non-living/object or thing(s) human like characteristics is?
31. When the story ends suddenly and the conflict has not been solved, this is called:
32. This is a literary device that involves intentionally using the same word or phrase at least twice or more for effect.
33. In connection with question no. 5, what figure of speech is used in the poem?
34. A barren desert of ice
35. The manner in which words are arranged into sentences
36. Use of the same words or syntax (order of words) more than once for emphasis or persuasion
37. It is a sound device and the first consonant sound is repeated in several words
38. Don't be a Scrooge!
39. An overused phrase, such as "busy as a beaver" is called .....
40. Using the same pattern of words to show that two or more ideas have the same level of importance.
41. Define:alliteration
42. "Pow!" "Squeak"
43. Rainsford struggles to survive in the jungle, a harsh environment for him when he doesn't have many supplies
44. The creation or construction of a fictional character.
45. Giving human qualities to something that is not human. Example:Sometimes the sun smiles, the wind whispers to the trees, and the shadows of the leaves danced in the wind. The tired old car coughed and wheezed and crawled down the street.
46. Your lips are like a red, red rose
47. When an animal or thing acts like a person
48. Fred is already running late to work. When he gets on the highway, there is a huge traffic jam, making him even later.
49. My yard was a desert after an entire month with no rain.
50. Paradox is a statement appearing at first to be contradictory, but upon reflection then makes sense. /
51. What type of figurative language is shown? Her long hair is an ocean of waves.
52. Freedom is like religion to us.
53. A (a) is a comparison between two things using "like" or "as" to highlight a resemblance.
54. Something tangible that represents a bigger idea
55. The narrator only knows what he/she experiences or learns about in some way-the narrator's knowledge grows as the story unfolds; at times, the reader may know more than the narrator.
56. A literary device used commonly in literature, and in daily life, where logical deductions are made based on premises assumed to be true.
57. Mrs. Fischer's hair is.....
58. Identify the literary device:"The breakfast stove gave a hiss"
59. Jeremiah squinted from the sun. He was thinking about the game. They could have won. He could have won the game for them. All he needed to do was catch the ball, but he didn't. He dropped it. His coach talked to him. "Jeremiah, we had a great season. Nobody's perfect. Look at me. Ha ha, " he said. Jeremiah smiled at the coach, but he couldn't forgive himself so easily.
60. A character that changes throughout the story.
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