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Literary Devices Quiz 87 (60 MCQs)

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1. Suspense is usually at the beginning of a story and builds through the rising action.
2. "I didn't do that. Never in a billon years."
3. The use of informal language and slang.
4. In the movie, "Toy Story", human characters in the movie are not aware that the toys speak and move but the audience is. Which type of irony is represented in this situation?
5. John helps me so much, he is my rock.
6. A particular kind of understatement as exemplified in the sentence "I was not unhappy with the outcome" is called what?
7. Something that stands for itself, but also represents an idea that means more.
8. Mood in literature refers to:
9. Which is an example of MAN VS. SOCIETY?
10. Scared, Anxious, Excited, Worried, Foolish, Smart, Depressing
11. It is a figurative language that uses "like" or "as" to compare two things.
12. "If I'm not home by midnight, my car might turn into a pumpkin." What literary device is used?
13. In the short story:Story of an Hour by Kate Chopin, Louise Mallard is told that her husband passed away in a train accident, yet at the end of the story he arrives home unharmed and well. Which type of "irony" is present?
14. The emotional response that the writer wishes to evoke in the reader through a story.
15. The banana danced in the blender while I made my morning smoothie.
16. Reference to another story or work
17. The main idea or central meaning of a story; MUST BE A SENTENCE, NOT JUST ONE WORD
18. First-Person Point of View is:
19. Figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action which is not meant to take literally.
20. Which best describes Duncan's leadership?
21. Any instance in which the narrator or a character says one thing but means something else is
22. What does the word "Logical" mean?
23. A stage in which a person is either introduces or acknowledges either Evil, Love or Death in one's life.
24. The following is an example of which literary device."The leaves danced down the street in the wind."
25. The moral or message of the story is called the .....
26. What is this an example of? Instead of saying that my dad was fired, I told my sister that he was laid off.
27. The deserted and dark church echoed with every step she took on the cold, rock floor. This is an example of ..... ?
28. The shirt was so loud; it was practically shouting, "Look Here!"
29. What is a stereotype?
30. Identify the type of irony in the following sentence:'The fire station burned down.'
31. A character who stays the same is considered to be .....
32. What is a comparison between two thins using"like" or "as" ?
33. A lament for the dead, a mournful song
34. Which literary device compares by putting things side-by-side?
35. The emotion that a word generates; extra implied meaning.
36. Identify the literary device:"A falling tree bough crashed through the kitchen window"
37. A recurrent word, image, theme, object, or phrase that tends to unify a literary work or that may be elaborated into a theme
38. What is the literary work, generally composed in verse and using figurative language, typically composed using a set structure?
39. Great view, " Jimmy said with ..... because the window looked directly out onto a crumbling concrete wall.
40. Check out my new wheels!
41. Device used to measure the proportions of the human body
42. "The night air was fuel for my work, and it was a beautiful night." is an example of .....
43. Which literary device is shown here? 2 ..... non si se Iuppiter ipse petat.
44. When the main character has conflict with another character
45. Start of the story; introduces the characters, setting, and situation.
46. Conflict is defined as .....
47. "Miss Warren was worried when Wendy was Waiting"
48. Lord Voldemort had no true friends and couldn't love which ultimately lead to his downfall. What type of literary device is this?
49. EXAMPLE:A stormy, rainy day might represent a conflict, while a sunny day could represent happiness or peace.
50. Literary example #3:what device best fits this excerpt?Louise Mallard is overjoyed by a sense of freedom when she learns her husband has died suddenly and unexpectedly ..... but it turns out the husband was not on the train that crashed that morning. The shock of his unexpected return home causes Louise to have a sudden heart attack ..... and die.-Story of an Hour
51. The reader must infer from the text what the character is like.
52. A character who changes during the course of a literary work is called
53. Who is the antagonist(s) in Illegal?
54. "Shukumar was in his sixth year of graduate school. "That and the summer should give you a good push"Could be an example of:
55. Speaking of a nonhuman thing as if it has human feelings or actions (Ex. The wind moaned.)
56. It is a literary device when events occur that are the opposite of what we expect to happen.
57. In my young years I took pride in the fact that luck was called a lady. In fact, there were so few public acknowledgments of the female presence that I felt personally honored whenever nature and large ships were referred to as feminine. But as I matured, I began to resent being considered a sister to a changeling as fickle as luck, as aloof as an ocean, and as frivolous as nature.
58. What is analysis in general?
59. The use of descriptive language that appeals to the five senses is .....
60. A set of words grouped by meaning that refers to a specific subject.
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