Literary Devices Quiz 444 (20 MCQs)

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1. Showing how Ponyboy changed from the beginning of the story to the end is an example of

Correct Answer: C) Characterization.

2. Language based on a comparison (non-literal phrases)

Correct Answer: A) Figurative Language.

3. A traffic cop getting his license suspended is an example of:

Correct Answer: D) Irony.

4. Changes in some important way as a result of the story's action

Correct Answer: A) Dynamic character.

5. Which line(s) would be an alliteration:a.) Sally sat in the seat and sipped her soda. b.) Jan jumped around and ran to town.

Correct Answer: A) A.

6. When people are exaggerating the statement its called?

Correct Answer: B) Hyperbole.

7. When the character battles an inside force

Correct Answer: C) Internal conflict.

8. Her eyes are mini-starlets dancing in the twilight. This sentence is exemplifying which literary device below:

Correct Answer: C) Metaphor.

9. "Hey, look. Freckles is here!" What type of literary device is this an example of?

Correct Answer: B) Synecdoche.

10. Example of Metaphor

Correct Answer: A) You're an honest thief.

11. An expression that cannot be understood from the literal meaning of its words.

Correct Answer: D) Idiom.

12. The word nostalgic is a

Correct Answer: D) Noun.

13. A comparison of two different things NOT using "like" or "as"

Correct Answer: C) Metaphor.

14. The time and place a story occurs is the ..... of the story.

Correct Answer: D) Setting.

15. What is an example of mood?

Correct Answer: B) But that which was more sad and lamentable was, than in two or three months' time half of their company died.

16. An example of INNER CONFLICT is:

Correct Answer: A) "Should I still go through with a ransom?".

17. Clearly ConfusedSame DifferencePassive AggressiveTerribly Good These are examples of:

Correct Answer: D) Oxymorons.

18. The flowers danced in the wind is an example of:

Correct Answer: B) Personification.

19. Comes from two contradictory words that describe one thing.

Correct Answer: A) Oxymoron.

20. Comparing 2 unlike things without using like or as

Correct Answer: A) Metaphor.