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Literary Devices Quiz 94 (60 MCQs)

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1. Pick the best answer:I ate a hot dog. I got sick. Therefore, .....
2. A repeated pattern, image, theme, character, or plot that occurs in literature from a broad range of cultures and time periods
3. What is a topic sentence?
4. An abstraction that represents the central idea of the story
5. Which is an example of visual imagery?
6. "My heart's an open sore that I hope heals soon." -Kid Cudi What is this an example of?
7. Very great pain or grief.
8. What is this an example of? "My son is a bat. His eyes blink when darkness comes. His body stirs with life."
9. What language feature does the following example belong to? Exclamation mark
10. "My brother eats like a pig; he is so messy" This is an example of .....
11. The most exciting part of a story where all of the main conflict comes together
12. Deafening silence
13. Explain Main Idea/Details in the structure of text.
14. Identify the paradox.
15. The stuffed bear smiled as the girl hugged him close is an example of .....
16. Kindness poured down like honey.What literary device has been used?
17. Which literary device is shown here? 2 ..... nec prae me velle tenere Iovem.
18. Bonus:what is a metaphor?
19. "The concussion of storms so heavy they were tidal waves coming over the islands."
20. When something is described with extreme exaggeration, it is called
21. What literary device was used in the following example, "The last person who used the monkey's paw wished for death for their third wish."
22. Which statement is best. "What is a theme?"
23. The central message that the writer wants to convey
24. I've told you a million times not to do that
25. ABABCDCDEFEFGG is an example of what?
26. Universal meaning
27. What are genres?
28. What figurative language is present in the statement below?"He woke up to the smell of burnt toast and greasy bacon, when all he wanted was coffee."
29. What's not an example of foreshadowing?
30. 'Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.' Identify the literary device in the line.
31. Identify the figure of speech in the following sentence:Pat planted the pretty pink poppies in the pot.
32. To combine two words of contrasting meanings to convey a single idea.
33. Which literary device is used in this example? A broken mirror often means bad luck or separation.
34. Use of vivid (highly descriptive langurage) to represent objects, actions, or ideas.
35. Lana wants to go hiking with her friends, but she is terrified of snakes.
36. Is part of the plot introduces background information, setting, main characters, and the central conflict.
37. What literary device involves a statement that contradicts itself?
38. Which of the following is the definition for allusion?
39. Involves a contrast between what is said or written and what is really meant
40. This is when and where the story takes place.
41. In the story of The Necklace, Madame Loisel is materialistic, yet her husband is very content with their life and their economic situation. These two characters highlight each other and their differences. This is an example of .....
42. She sobbed for hours trying to think of a way out of having to tell her father she wrecked her new car. After stewing over it for quite some time, she called her father on his cell phone. "Thank you, " he said.
43. What is NOT an example of alliteration?
44. Imagery is defined as:
45. The emotional atmosphere of the narrative. What the writer wants the reader to feel emotionally
46. What is the literary definition of a figure of speech?
47. It is the repetition of accented vowel sounds and all sounds following them in words that are close together in a text.
48. Extreme exaggeration or overstatement
49. What type of imagery is being used? "Hedge-crickets sing; and now with treble soft The redbreast whistles from a garden-croft, And gathering swallows twitter in the skies."
50. The repetition of nearby vowel sounds within or at the end of words.
51. Which word means a poem developed by the letters of a word or name, which are used to begin the first word in each line of the poem?
52. "small crowd" and "deafening silence" are both examples of this literary devices
53. When something unexpected happens of is said.
54. The example highlighted below is an example of? The morning sun smiled down on the children.
55. What is a figure of speech that gives human qualities to non-human things?
56. One of Aristotle's three modes of persuasion, referring to the ethical appeal or credibility of the speaker.
57. He isn't the sharpest tool in the shed.
58. The part of the plot that leads up to the highest point of tension.
59. A string of words in proximity to each other that begin with the same sound.
60. Narrative, prose fiction that is shorter than a novel
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