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Literary Devices Quiz 86 (60 MCQs)

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1. The direct "window" into a piece of work.
2. I started buttoning up the shirt. It about swallowed me.
3. If you're writing prose that contains dialogue, when must you begin a new paragraph?
4. When the reader expects one thing, but the opposite occurs
5. The corn stalks stretched up to the sky, yearning for it to rain.This is an example of .....
6. How does dialogue impact a story?
7. "Yet he held his hold (though he was sundry fathoms under water:till he was hauled up by the same rope to the brim of the water"
8. What is an omniscient narrator?
9. The glaring sun made the trees glisten in the forest is an example of
10. "The leaves danced as they fell from the trees" is an example of .....
11. Parables and fables are very interesting to read, because you will learn ..... from them.
12. Allusion definition.....
13. The use of hints and clues to suggest what will happen later in a plot
14. "BAM" is an example of
15. A person, place or thing which has meaning in itself but represents or stands for something else
16. A scene set in a time earlier than the main story; a memory
17. IronyIn the movie, "Toy Story", human characters are not aware that the toys speak and move but the audience is.
18. What is a similie
19. Which literary device is used to create a picture in the reader's mind by evoking responses from all of the reader's senses?
20. Any element, subject, idea or concept that is constantly present through the entire body of literature.
21. Hints to readers something that is to follow or appear later in the story
22. "An oxymoron is the same thing as a paradox."
23. Considered the main character of a story
24. Important hints or clues that an author drops to prepare the reader for what is to come.
25. "The road was a ribbon of moonlight, "
26. A contrast between what is expected and what actually exist
27. "Oh! What fine luck I have!"
28. "Bob is as brave as a lion" is an example of what literary device?
29. The author's attitude that is expressed by their WORD CHOICE.
30. "The knock on the door was an alien sound."
31. The way the reader feels when reading a story is called .....
32. The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of two or more nearby words.
33. When two or more words in a sentence share the same beginning consonant sound
34. " ..... but a singular sense of impending calamity, that should indeed have served me as a warning, drove me onward." This quote from H.G. Wells' The Time Machine is an example of what literary device?
35. ANIMAL FARM explore's the use of ..... to persuade and/or brainwash others.
36. The narrator is outside of the story telling the story.
37. Expectation does not match reality, often is humorous
38. The placing of two characters, ideas, settings, or concepts side-by-side for closer comparison is called .....
39. "Mae swung the shotgun round her head like a wheel."
40. What is the definition of anapestic meter?
41. What is the Exposition?
42. A person who actively opposes or is hostile to someone or something; an adversary
43. Literary devices are tools and techniques authors use to ..... the reader.
44. A figure of speech that gives human qualities to an animal, object, or idea.
45. Read the following passage from a story:Mercy snorted. She should have known better than to challenge Victoria. Of all Mercy's friends, Victoria talked loudest, ran fastest, and took the most risks. She bragged about the time she convinced her older brothers to spend a weekend building her a fort. Mercy liked to call Victoria "Buster" . "Because you are always busting things up, " she laughed. Victoria wore the nickname with pride. Based on the passage, which of the following is one of Victoria's character traits?
46. What is Hypophora?
47. Giving human characteristics to non-living things
48. The rain was pouring steadily down, as the thunder started to increase in volume. The soccer players were evacuated from the field and the weather started to increase in its intensity. When the rain started to slow down and the sun started to shine, the game was able to continue on. "I'm so glad we are able to finish our game, " the captain said. The team won 5-2 and it was a victorious day in the end.
49. A character opposes (fights against) another character.
50. What is exaggeration for effect?
51. An introduction to a piece of writing by establishing the characters, setting, plot, and conflict.
52. This is an example of what kind of literary device:"My whole body went numb when I slipped and fell into the freezing cold river."
53. Combining two sentences into one compound sentence to show that two ideas are connected and of equal importance
54. "Time flies like an arrow." This sentence is an example of:
55. The beginning of a story where the characters, the setting, and the problem (conflict) are introduced
56. She sold sea shells down by the sea shore.
57. Joe's boots crunched through the hard packed snow and broke the forest's silence.The word "crunched" is an example of .....
58. A character, Nicki, is friendly. The author shows this by having Nicki sit down at a lunch table with a group of kids she doesn't know and introduce herself. What is the author using to show Nicki's trait?
59. A literary device in which the writer or speaker refers either directly or indirectly to a person, event, or thing in history or to a work of art or literature.
60. Which of the examples below accurately describe:symbols of the U.S. and China.
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