Literary Devices Quiz 206 (20 MCQs)

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1. What literary device is displayed in this sentence? "The story jumped off the page"

Correct Answer: B) Personification.

2. A conceit is .....

Correct Answer: D) An elaborate or fancy metaphor.

3. What is an allegory in literature?

Correct Answer: B) An allegory is a story, poem, or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning, typically a moral or political one.

4. In Martin Luther Kings speech the line, "I have a dream ..... I have a dream ..... " is an example of?

Correct Answer: A) Anaphora.

5. Which of these is not historcally factual?

Correct Answer: B) Gran delerving baby Jimmy.

6. It was a sleepless night.

Correct Answer: B) Transferred epithet.

7. The first stage of the plot ..... introduces characters, setting, and situation

Correct Answer: D) Exposition.

8. What is the pattern of rhyming lines in a poem called?

Correct Answer: B) Rhyme Scheme.

9. The informal words, phrases, or even slang in a piece of writing are referred to as

Correct Answer: C) Colloquialism.

10. The smell of the smoke from the house fire burned my eyes.

Correct Answer: B) Imagery.

11. A rhetorical figure involving the deliberate omission of conjunctions to create a concise, terse, and often memorable statement.

Correct Answer: A) Unrelated.

12. A ski area closes because of heavy snowfall.

Correct Answer: B) Situational.

13. Static (flat) Character

Correct Answer: B) A character that does not change throughout the story and is the same by the end.

14. A literary or dramatic character who undergoes an important inner change, as a change in personality or attitude

Correct Answer: B) Dynamic character.

15. What figure of speech is represented in the sentence "He was sweating like a racehorse."

Correct Answer: C) Simile.

16. This type of sentence shows strong feeling and ends in an exclamation mark.

Correct Answer: C) Exclamatory.

17. What type of poem does not have a regular rhyme scheme or structure?

Correct Answer: D) Free Verse.

18. What is the figure of speech used in the phrase 'Time is a thief'?

Correct Answer: B) Metaphor.

19. Identify the gerund in the sentence below. Driving in a crowded city was a new experience.

Correct Answer: C) Driving.

20. Define the theme of a literary work.

Correct Answer: A) Central or unifying idea developed in a work.