Literary Devices Quiz 274 (20 MCQs)

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1. A character who stays the same is considered to be .....

Correct Answer: A) Static.

2. What is a comparison between two thins using"like" or "as" ?

Correct Answer: B) Simile.

3. A lament for the dead, a mournful song

Correct Answer: D) Dirges.

4. Which literary device compares by putting things side-by-side?

Correct Answer: B) Juxtaposition.

5. The emotion that a word generates; extra implied meaning.

Correct Answer: B) Connotation.

6. Identify the literary device:"A falling tree bough crashed through the kitchen window"

Correct Answer: C) Onomatopoeia.

7. A recurrent word, image, theme, object, or phrase that tends to unify a literary work or that may be elaborated into a theme

Correct Answer: C) Motif.

8. The reader knows what the characters are thinking, saying and doing. ("God-like")

Correct Answer: D) Omniscient.

9. What is the literary work, generally composed in verse and using figurative language, typically composed using a set structure?

Correct Answer: A) Poetry.

10. Great view, " Jimmy said with ..... because the window looked directly out onto a crumbling concrete wall.

Correct Answer: B) Irony.

11. Check out my new wheels!

Correct Answer: B) Synecdoche.

12. Device used to measure the proportions of the human body

Correct Answer: D) Anthropometer.

13. "The night air was fuel for my work, and it was a beautiful night." is an example of .....

Correct Answer: C) Metaphor.

14. Which literary device is shown here? 2 ..... non si se Iuppiter ipse petat.

Correct Answer: D) Hyperbole.

15. When the main character has conflict with another character

Correct Answer: A) Person v. person.

16. Start of the story; introduces the characters, setting, and situation.

Correct Answer: A) Exposition.

17. Conflict is defined as .....

Correct Answer: C) The struggle between opposing forces.

18. "Miss Warren was worried when Wendy was Waiting"

Correct Answer: C) Alliteration.

19. Lord Voldemort had no true friends and couldn't love which ultimately lead to his downfall. What type of literary device is this?

Correct Answer: D) Tragic Flaw.

20. EXAMPLE:A stormy, rainy day might represent a conflict, while a sunny day could represent happiness or peace.

Correct Answer: B) Symbolism.