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Literary Devices Quiz 510 (20 MCQs)

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1. What type of figurative language is shown? The ocean waves danced in the moonlight.
2. "People started screaming at the top of their lungs. Campers stormed the court, lifting us up on their shoulders as if we'd won the NBA championship (or the Nobel Prize). Kids were hugging each other. Kids were hugging Dr. Mal Dwayne got doused in Gatorade. It was a madhouse. A happy madhouse" (76).Greenwald, Tommy. Charlie Joe Jacksons' Guide to Summer Vacation. New York:Roaring Brook Press, 2013.
3. Which type of figurative language uses extreme exaggeration. EXAMPLE:The lottery winner's grin stretched from New York City to Los Angeles.
4. Mr. Richards, an 89-year old man, won the PowerBall lottery for $ 7.8 million and died in his sleep that same day.
5. "I saw Thumper's tracks across my backyard" is an example of .....
6. "The wind howled in foreboding outside the window" is an example of .....
7. Comparison without using like or as
8. "'I think the sun is a flower, That blooms for just one hour." '
9. Exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally. It is often used for emphasis or effect.
10. The implied or emotional meaning of a word, in addition to its dictionary definition
11. What element of plot is the most intense part?
12. What literary device is this an example of:I smelled the warm, sweet, all-pervasive smell of silage, as well as the sour dirty laundry spilling over the basket in the hall. I could pick out the acrid smell of Claire's drenched diaper, her sweaty feet, and her hair crusted with sand.
13. The internal repetition of vowel sounds where the consonants are different.
14. EXAMPLE:He cried out in pain just like a wolf howling at the moon.
15. I have a million things to do tomorrow is an example of .....
16. Jody arrived to the birthday party in her birthday suit.
17. An extreme exaggeration or overstatement
18. In high school, students generally come to a very important decision of whether they will go to college or follow a career path. This is:
19. What's the real deal between hyperbole and understatement?
20. Any object, person, place, or action that has both a meaning in itself and that stands for something larger than itself.
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