Literary Devices Quiz 141 (20 MCQs)

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1. After his second visit with the witches, Macbeth decides to kill

Correct Answer: B) Macduff.

2. The central idea, topic, or point of a story, which could be a life lesson or the author's overall message to the reader

Correct Answer: B) Theme.

3. An extravagant exaggeration used as a figure of speech

Correct Answer: B) Hyperbole.

4. Which of the following is NOT an example of man vs. nature?

Correct Answer: C) Encountering a human in the wild.

5. "Montag slid down the pole like a man in a dream."

Correct Answer: A) Simile.

6. What is the term for a piece of writing that deliberately mimics another work in order to critique it?

Correct Answer: A) Parody.

7. What's a message?

Correct Answer: B) Meaning or Idea.

8. True or False:A prediction at the beginning of a work is considered foreshadowing, even if the prediction does NOT come true.

Correct Answer: D) False!.

9. The sequence of events that ties the beginning of a story to the end.

Correct Answer: D) Plot.

10. Don't count your chickens before they're hatched.

Correct Answer: A) Aphorism.

11. Which is an example of second person point of view?

Correct Answer: B) First, gather your ingredients. Then add 1 cup of sugar to the batter.

12. A series of events that builds from the conflict. It begins with the inciting incident and ends with the climax.

Correct Answer: B) Rising Action.

13. Opportunity was knocking at her door.

Correct Answer: A) Personification.

14. A story written in 1st person about a specific memory or several related memories.

Correct Answer: A) Memoir.

15. Omnipotent, first person, second person, and third person are all examples of .....

Correct Answer: A) Point of view.

16. The main message of a text.

Correct Answer: B) Theme.

17. Time and place the story takes place Ex. Salinas River, 1930s; "A few miles south of Soledad."

Correct Answer: A) Setting.

18. The pop and bang of the fireworks sounded overhead.

Correct Answer: A) Onomatopoeia.

19. Words like digust and terror in "The Little Frog" are examples of

Correct Answer: C) Imagery.

20. "He is running faster than the wind"

Correct Answer: C) Hyperbole.