Literary Devices Quiz 26 (20 MCQs)

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1. Which of the following would be an example of hyperbole?

Correct Answer: A) The long bridge went on forever.

2. An overstatement or exaggeration that should NOT be taken seriously

Correct Answer: D) Hyperbole.

3. The dress Amanda wore at the party yesterday was pretty ugly.

Correct Answer: D) Oxymoron.

4. The way the story makes the reader feel through words, events, and descriptions

Correct Answer: B) Mood.

5. Which literary device is shown here? 3 dilexi tum te non tantum ut vulgus amicam, 4 sed pater ut gnatos diligit et generos.

Correct Answer: D) Polyptoton.

6. Refers to the recurrence of initial consonant sounds and is often associated with tongue twisters.

Correct Answer: C) Alliteration.

7. "The breeze kissed my cheek."What poetic device is this an example of?

Correct Answer: C) Personification.

8. What does colloquial refer to?

Correct Answer: B) The use of slang in writing.

9. The author's attitude towards the subject expressed in an EMOTION word. Ex:Sarcastic

Correct Answer: A) Tone.

10. What is a syllogism?

Correct Answer: A) The format of a formal argument that consists of a major premise, a minor premise, and a conclusion.

11. A comparison of two unlike things without using "like" or "as is:

Correct Answer: B) Metaphor.

12. A character that DOES NOT change throughout a story.

Correct Answer: A) Static Character.

13. Again:BRRRING! BRRRING! Joey ran to answer it.

Correct Answer: B) Onomatopoeia.

14. "Then leaf subsides to leaf./ So Eden sank to grief, / So dawn goes down to day./ Nothing gold can stay."

Correct Answer: B) Allusion.

15. The eggs sizzled in the pan.

Correct Answer: B) Onomatopoeia.

16. Hints or clues used by the author to tell what will happen later in the book is a device known as:

Correct Answer: D) Foreshadowing.

17. Example-Shrek-donkey fell in love with the dragon

Correct Answer: D) Subplot.

18. A modern-day Sherlock Holmes solved the mystery.

Correct Answer: C) Allusion.

19. I turned into the living room and heard the click-clack of her knitting needles.

Correct Answer: A) Onomatopoeia.

20. A literary device in which a writer gives an advance hint of what is to come later in the story.

Correct Answer: C) Foreshadowing.