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Literary Devices Quiz 85 (60 MCQs)

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1. Great, gregarious Gary from Gryffindor likes grapes.
2. Using language that signifies the opposite of its literal meaning
3. Soon, I was riding my bike to the animal shelter. What is the phrase in blue?
4. Comparisons between two unlike things using the words "like" or "as" are called .....
5. WHich type of irony is also a type of figurative language?
6. A word or phrase that has a special meaning:It's raining cats and dog.
7. The end of the story; return to stability; the untying of a knot
8. It is a deliberate exaggeration for effect. What is it called?
9. What does Flashback mean?
10. Identify the literary device used in the sentence: "The silence was deafening, and the darkness was blinding."
11. The character may be speaking about him or herself or sharing events that he or she is experiencing.
12. Which literary device involves a contradiction between what is expected to happen and what actually happens?
13. Dorothy goes to the wizard in order to find a way home, only to learn that she is capable of doing so herself. Scarecrow wished to become intelligent, but he discovers himself a perfect genius. Woodsman considers himself as not capable of love; nevertheless he learns that he has a good heart. Lion appears as a coward, and turns out to be extremely fearless and courageous.
14. Paige felt someone shaking her shoulder. "What?!" she barked, refusing to open her eyes or move. "I know it's Spring Break, but you can't sleep the whole morning away. It's already 9 o'clock. Come out to the kitchen and eat your breakfast after you get dressed, " Mom instructed. A few minutes later, when Paige entered the kitchen, she still looked like a walking zombie. She opened the cupboard door that held the cereal, and scanned the shelf. "What happened the the Lucky Charms?" she roared. "Your brother just finished them up this morning, " Mom answered. Paige slammed the door shut. "I'm not eating then!" Which of the following best reflects the MOOD of this passage?
15. During an English class discussion, Benjamin compared the speed of a cheetah to a sports car using the phrase 'as fast as'. What figure of speech is this an example of?
16. Which literary device is shown here?636 ..... idem parentque iubentque
17. Nonlinear plots describe events out of chronological order
18. Which literary device is shown here?634 effecere levem nec iniqua mente ferendo
19. A theme that is expressed directly is a/an
20. A character or force in conflict with the main character
21. Which of the following is used in the sentence? The slices of bread jumped out of the toaster.
22. Which of the following is an example of symbolism?
23. What is any figure of speech which depends on a non-literal meaning of some or all of the words used?
24. What is a figure of speech that repeats the same sound at the beginning of multiple words in a sentence?
25. "Continuous as the stars that shineAnd twinkle on the milky way"What literary device is used in this sentence?
26. Read the following sentence from "Thank You, Mr. Falker" ."But one day at recess, Eric followed her to her secret hiding place. 'Have you become a mole?' He laughed."What does the author's use of a metaphor in this sentence suggest?
27. An underlying message that a writer either directly or indirectly tells the reader. Typically gives an opinion on a topic
28. The repetition of initial (beginning) sound in a group of words
29. "What a fine mess" is an example of which literary device?
30. A character, object, or event that represents something deeper
31. "This is the one song everyone/ would like to learn:the song/ that is irresistible" // the song that forces men/ to leap overboard in squadrons/ even though they see the beached skulls"
32. What isn't a pun?
33. A reference or indirect mention to a piece of literature, person, place, or idea that is meant to be understood by the listener or reader. In English literature these are most commonly biblical, cultural, historical, or literal. This is a definition of which literary device?
34. An imaginative comparison between two unlike things in which one thing issaid to be another thing
35. Choose the term that BEST matches the definition. a person, place, thing or event used to represent something else
36. "Never nibble on you nails when you are nervous" is
37. Humorous, satirical, lighthearted, tongue-in-cheek
38. Comparing two seemingly unlike things using like or as
39. Turning point in the story
40. She was as smart as a dictionary.
41. What literary device is present below? Christian bent the ball like Messi.
42. What literary device is used in the phrase 'time flies'?a) Imageryb) Similec) Metaphord) Personification
43. The part of the plot that gives necessary background information.
44. Events that result from the decision of the climax
45. The snow danced around in the wind.
46. From the The Giver:When some is killed it is called "release."
47. What effect does hyperbole create?
48. "Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers."
49. This figure of speech compares two unlike things using like or as to help make the comparison.
50. Which literary device is shown here?58 bracchiaque intendens prendique et prendere ceertans
51. A manner of speaking that is informal and uses phrases or words associated with a particular area.
52. Thomas wants to fulfill his promises before he pass in some nocturnal darkness.
53. Fireflies fly face first into the fence. What literary device are they using here?
54. The results or effects of the climax
55. What is the definition for Person or Narrative Perspective?
56. "Mama in the kitchen feeding clothes into the wringer washer and clothes rolling out all stiff and twisted like flat paper." ..... "My Lucy Friend Who Smells Like Corn" "Stiff and twisted like flat paper" is an example of:
57. "Men increase, women increase, youth increase, boys increase in the ranks of the breadwinners; but no contingent so doubles from census period to census period (both by percent and by count of heads), as does the contingent of girls between twelve and twenty years of age."
58. In the sentence 'He ran as fast as a cheetah.', what literary device is being used?
59. Character versus self is an ..... conflict
60. This part of the plot between climax and resolution:
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