Literary Devices Quiz 308 (20 MCQs)

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1. The best way to communicate with a fish is to drop them a line.

Correct Answer: A) Pun.

2. Jan ate the hotdog despite the arguments it posed to her digestive system.

Correct Answer: C) Personification.

3. The leaves dance in the wind.

Correct Answer: C) Personification.

4. To escape the pursuing stick

Correct Answer: B) Transferred epithet.

5. A combination of statements, ideas, or features that are opposed to one another. It often creates tension or emphasizes a point in literature.

Correct Answer: C) Contradiction.

6. "If it's broken, it could be the end of my life!"

Correct Answer: B) Hyperbole.

7. What are the events that happen after the climax that help wrap up the previous problems?

Correct Answer: A) Falling action.

8. What point of view is when: "Speaker uses I and me/my Narrative is told through one person's perspective; limited"

Correct Answer: B) First.

9. Janie vs. Jody is an example of ..... conflict.

Correct Answer: B) Person vs. Person.

10. An allusion is a

Correct Answer: A) Reference to something well known (person, place, or event).

11. Where can imagery be found in?

Correct Answer: D) All of the above.

12. That child is a bear when he is sleeping

Correct Answer: D) Metaphor.

13. Sonya said sarcastically, "Your instructions are as clear as mud."

Correct Answer: A) Simile.

14. The literary dictionary definition of a word.

Correct Answer: A) Denotation.

15. When some word or phrase is used to represent something else. (e.g. "suit" for business executive, or the "track" for horse racing)

Correct Answer: A) Metonymy.

16. Hyperbole is an

Correct Answer: B) A figure of speech involving extreme exaggeration.

17. Giving an inanimate object human-like qualities

Correct Answer: B) Personification.

18. Which term drops hints as to what will happen later in the story?

Correct Answer: C) Foreshadow.

19. What does having a biased (one-sided) narrator do in Horror?

Correct Answer: D) Makes the narrator seem crazy and untrustworthy.

20. A well-painted mental image is called:

Correct Answer: D) Imagery.