Literary Devices Quiz 154 (20 MCQs)

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1. When something happens that is opposite of what was expected.

Correct Answer: D) Irony (situational).

2. Which literary device is used to repeat a word, phrase, or line for emphasis?

Correct Answer: A) Repetition.

3. Mammals names Sam are clammy.What is the literary device used in the sentence?

Correct Answer: D) Consonance.

4. Which of the following is the best definition of climax?

Correct Answer: C) The most exciting part of a story when the tension is at the highest point.

5. Identify the metaphor in the following sentence:'Her voice is music to his ears.'a) Her voiceb) music to his earsc) his earsd) is

Correct Answer: B) Music to his ears.

6. An author's purpose may be to amuse the reader, ....., inform the reader, or satirize a condition

Correct Answer: A) Persuade the reader.

7. What type of rhyme does the following have:"I cannot go to school today, "Said little Peggy Ann McKay

Correct Answer: B) End Rhyme.

8. Which literary device is shown here? 7 ..... quod amantem iniuria talis8 cogit amare magis .....

Correct Answer: B) Polyptoton.

9. Used to persuade, motivate, and/or evoke emotional responses in an audience and is often used in speeches.

Correct Answer: B) Parallelism.

10. One who seeks something beyond the boundaries of the mind or a physical location.

Correct Answer: C) Explorer.

11. Murmur, buzz and pop is what device

Correct Answer: C) Onomatopoeia.

12. What is limited in a play, that can be virtually unlimited in a novel?

Correct Answer: B) Time and space.

13. The term used to describe a contrast between what appears to be and what really is

Correct Answer: A) Irony.

14. You can also download a multimedia presentation or play it live. It tells us about multimedia .....

Correct Answer: A) Uses.

15. "Boom, boom, boom even brighter than the moon, moon, moon."

Correct Answer: B) Onomatopoeia.

16. As soon as he saw her, the prince asked for her hand.

Correct Answer: A) Synecdoche.

17. A figure of speech that makes a comparison between two non-similar things.

Correct Answer: A) Metaphor.

18. In the play, what breaks the cycle of insults, injuries and revenge that traps Shylock and the Christian characters together?

Correct Answer: C) The trial's result.

19. Is repetition repeating the same word?

Correct Answer: A) Yes.

20. Which of the following is the best example of a paradox?

Correct Answer: A) "He was in a room full of people, but he felt alone.".