Literary Devices Quiz 194 (20 MCQs)

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1. "My bed felt like a fluffy cloud" means .....

Correct Answer: C) The bed was very soft and fluffy.

2. A figure of speech in which two seemingly opposing and contradictory elements are juxtaposed (side-by-side).

Correct Answer: D) Oxymoron.

3. The sun smiled at the angry clouds.

Correct Answer: D) Personification.

4. Which of the following could be added to the phrase, "My cat is black" to form a simile?

Correct Answer: D) As ink.

5. Read the following quote: "The dog barked loudly at the squirrel, which quickly ran up the tree." Is this an example of personification?

Correct Answer: B) No.

6. What is the abstract idea that dominates a literary work, the message of the story?

Correct Answer: A) Theme.

7. A form of language that writers use to convey something other than the literal meaning of their words

Correct Answer: B) Figurative language.

8. What is a Assonance?

Correct Answer: C) Is the repetition of the same or similar vowel sounds within words, phrases, or sentences.

9. An implied comparison between two things that are different, but share common characteristics

Correct Answer: B) Metaphor.

10. Her hair is like gold

Correct Answer: B) Simile.

11. Literature is a lens is an example of what literary device?

Correct Answer: B) Metaphor.

12. This is the use of a character, object, or idea to represent something else such as the American flag

Correct Answer: B) Symbolism.

13. Identify the correct literary device/technique: "The little boy was a shining star."

Correct Answer: A) Metaphor.

14. Her nose was a needle sharp, with nostrils as small and black as a mouse' eyes.

Correct Answer: D) Caricature.

15. "The story jumped off of the page" is an example of what?

Correct Answer: B) Personification.

16. Choose the term that BEST matches the definition. the perspective from which a story is told

Correct Answer: B) Point of view.

17. How do we define figurative language?

Correct Answer: A) Words or phrases that affect a meaning other than the usual or literal meaning of those words/phrases.

18. The feeling or atmosphere that a writer creates for the reader

Correct Answer: B) Mood.

19. A character who undergoes litter or no inner change; no growth or development; ends the story the same way he/she began

Correct Answer: B) Static Character.

20. The making of "pictures in words"

Correct Answer: A) Imagery.