Literary Devices Quiz 85 (20 MCQs)

Quiz Instructions

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1. A smoke screen to cover the truth; a clue that is misleading or distracting.

Correct Answer: D) Red herring.

2. The character's posture, gesture, and facial expression is a techniques under .....

Correct Answer: A) Movement.

3. It is a common rhetorical device used to add emphasis and stress in writing and speech.

Correct Answer: B) Repetition.

4. A comparison of two unlike things using like, as, than, or resembles

Correct Answer: A) Simile.

5. Characters ..... throughout a story or drama. They learn lessons as a result of the events and/or problems in the story.

Correct Answer: C) Grow and change.

6. Mickey Mouse, Spongebob Squarepants, Brian the Dog

Correct Answer: B) Anthropomorphism.

7. I have million things to do.

Correct Answer: A) Hyperbole.

8. He has bigger fish to fry.

Correct Answer: B) Idiom.

9. Piece of cake

Correct Answer: B) A job, task or other activity that is easy or simple.

10. BONUS QUESTION:The opposite of hyperbole is

Correct Answer: D) Understatement.

11. Which of the following refers to anything that represents both itself and something more?

Correct Answer: C) Symbol.

12. Figure of speech that is exaggerated

Correct Answer: B) Hyperbole.

13. Blessing in disguise

Correct Answer: A) Something good that isn't recognized at first.

14. They seemed to think the opportunity lost, if they failed to point the conversation to me, every now and then, and stick the point into me."

Correct Answer: D) Pun.

15. A figure of speech that combines apparently contradictory terms

Correct Answer: D) Oxymoron.

16. "They all joined together, and he held his lips intently."

Correct Answer: C) Fell silent.

17. Choose the vocab word that best fits the sentence:My mother's ..... tone let me know that trouble was waiting or me.

Correct Answer: D) Ominous.

18. What is an Analogy?

Correct Answer: B) A figure of speech that creates a comparison by showing how two seemingly different entities are alike.

19. "That's how I feel now ..... totally stunned as the name bounces around the inside of my skull."

Correct Answer: C) Personification.

20. What is an adage?

Correct Answer: C) An old familiar saying that expresses wisdom.