Literary Devices Quiz 387 (20 MCQs)

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1. A feeling of anxiousness or uncertainness that comes from certain actions in a literary work.

Correct Answer: C) Suspense.

2. Hints about events that will come later in the story.

Correct Answer: B) Foreshadowing.

3. In Acts I and II, we heard the innermost thoughts of Macbeth and Lady Macbeth through a speech known as .....

Correct Answer: C) Soliloquy.

4. Seven sea shells down by the sea shore is an example of .....

Correct Answer: A) Alliteration.

5. The repeating consonant letter at the beginning of each word.

Correct Answer: D) Alliteration.

6. What is ambiguity?

Correct Answer: B) A situation or statement that can be interpreted in more than one way.

7. Alliteration is the repetition of initial conosonat sounds.

Correct Answer: A) True.

8. The repetition of the same word or group of words at the beginnings of two or more clauses or lines.

Correct Answer: A) Anaphora.

9. She danced like a deer running through the forest.This is an example of .....

Correct Answer: C) Simile.

10. What is a simile in literature?

Correct Answer: B) A simile is a figure of speech that compares two different things using 'like' or 'as'.

11. ..... sentences end with either a period or exclamation mark.

Correct Answer: D) Imperative.

12. An essential part of the makeup of something is a(n)

Correct Answer: B) Element.

13. Which literary device is used to create a mental image through words?

Correct Answer: B) Imagery.

14. Occurs when the characters in a work of fiction are ignorant of an important fact that is known to the reader

Correct Answer: A) Dramatic Irony.

15. When the reader/audience knows what is going to happen, but the characters do not

Correct Answer: B) Dramatic irony.

16. Using symbols to represent ideas or qualities

Correct Answer: C) Symbolism.

17. "The autumn leaves scatter beautiful colors all around the neighborhoods."

Correct Answer: C) Imagery.

18. An advertisement that uses this will help you see the facts and help you understand why you need the product.

Correct Answer: D) Logos.

19. A double entendre; a play on words

Correct Answer: A) Pun.

20. Which is NOT a character trait?

Correct Answer: B) Scared.