Literary Devices Quiz 336 (20 MCQs)

Quiz Instructions

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1. MY BREAKES SCREECHED TO A STOP AT THE RED LIGHT .....

Correct Answer: C) NAME REGISTRATION.

2. When you are analyzing poetry and you're trying to find the meaning beyond the literal meaning of the words, you are looking at the .....

Correct Answer: C) Connotation.

3. What is the name of Ben Tang's store?

Correct Answer: D) BT Reptile.

4. The act of repeating (an event, word, sound, etc)

Correct Answer: A) Rhythm.

5. The meaning/emotions associated with a word

Correct Answer: B) Connotation.

6. What is this:He is as happy as a clam

Correct Answer: B) Simile.

7. Highest point of emotional intensity in the plot.

Correct Answer: B) Climax.

8. At 3 p.m. Jorge said, "I'm STARVING. I haven't eaten since lunch."

Correct Answer: B) Hyperbole.

9. The character struggles against an outside force.

Correct Answer: A) External conflict.

10. Tragic comedy

Correct Answer: A) Oxymoron.

11. The comparison of two unlike things WITHOUT using like or as (Ex. Her eyes were a vast ocean)

Correct Answer: B) Metaphor.

12. You are my kryptonite.

Correct Answer: B) Metaphor.

13. Kozmy is so big he could break a tower!

Correct Answer: A) Hyperbole.

14. Which character wears an earring?

Correct Answer: B) Ragweed.

15. " ..... fiend angelical ..... "

Correct Answer: C) Oxymoron.

16. Goodnight, sleep tight, don't let the bedbugs bite

Correct Answer: A) Assonance.

17. This is another fine mess you have got us into.

Correct Answer: D) Oxymoron.

18. A character who does not change at all in a story

Correct Answer: D) Static character.

19. Fragment

Correct Answer: A) Purposefully incomplete sentence.

20. " ..... I always take a moment to listen carefully for the hum that means the fence is live. Right now, it's silent as a stone."

Correct Answer: A) Simile.