Literary Devices Quiz 225 (20 MCQs)

Quiz Instructions

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1. The following are technical elements EXCEPT .....

Correct Answer: B) Dialogues.

2. This poem is from a song, so it is called a .....

Correct Answer: C) Lyric.

3. During a speech at school, Anthony repeated:'I have a dream'. Which literary device is Anthony using in his statement?

Correct Answer: B) Repetition.

4. The pairing of two ideas, images, concepts, or styles to create an effect

Correct Answer: A) Juxtaposition.

5. A brief reference to a person, event, or place in history, or to a work of art/literature.

Correct Answer: A) Allusion.

6. Vignettes need to have a beginning, middle, and end:

Correct Answer: A) True.

7. Which literary device uses like or as to compare to unlike things?

Correct Answer: B) Simile.

8. Question asked in order to create a dramatic effect or to make a point rather than to get an answer

Correct Answer: C) Rhetorical question.

9. "Using a comparison to emphasize similarities between two things by saying 'like' or 'as" ' is the definition of .....

Correct Answer: D) Simile.

10. Compares two things that are different-

Correct Answer: A) Metaphor.

11. What is a Onomatopoeia?

Correct Answer: A) Words that sound like what they describe.

12. All of the main events that lead to the climax

Correct Answer: D) Rising action.

13. Mrs. Morse wants us to be prompt in the mornings, not late. Which type of context clue is used?

Correct Answer: A) Antonym.

14. An object, person, animal, or place used to represent something beyond its literal meaning.

Correct Answer: B) Symbolism.

15. The life lesson of a story

Correct Answer: B) Theme.

16. Narrator tells the story to another character; uses pronouns such as "you, " "your"

Correct Answer: B) Second person.

17. Direct comparison of two unlike things by saying one thing is another

Correct Answer: A) Metaphor.

18. Expressions containing an apparent contradiction are known as .....

Correct Answer: D) Oxymoron.

19. Which literary device is used in the sentence:'He is as strong as an ox'?

Correct Answer: A) Simile.

20. What is the difference between static and flat characters?

Correct Answer: C) Flat characters do not change, and they don't last till the end of the story, while static characters last till the end.