Literary Devices Quiz 251 (20 MCQs)

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1. A figure of speech that references a person, place, or event-usually other work of art

Correct Answer: C) Allusion.

2. What literary device is used in the phrase 'time flies'?

Correct Answer: D) Metaphor.

3. This literary device is when the author gives hints as to what's going to happen later in the story.

Correct Answer: C) Foreshadowing.

4. Series of events leading to the climax. During this time, the tension builds as the conflict becomes more evident.

Correct Answer: C) Rising action.

5. The author's attitude toward the subject and the emotional response the story creates for the reader.

Correct Answer: A) Tone and atmosphere.

6. Which word is the verb in the sentence? The students talked loudly in class.

Correct Answer: D) Talked.

7. All the events that lead to the climax of a story are called the .....

Correct Answer: D) Rising action.

8. The struggle that the main character faces in the book is called what?

Correct Answer: C) Conflict.

9. "The wall stared at me silently" is an example of what type of literary tool?

Correct Answer: B) Personification.

10. Last straw

Correct Answer: D) The final problem in a series of problems.

11. What literary device is the following? The light of the fire is a sight

Correct Answer: A) Assonance.

12. What is euphony?

Correct Answer: B) The pleasant and mellifluous presentation of sounds in a literary work.

13. "The beginning of the end" is an example of a/an:

Correct Answer: D) Paradox.

14. When the writer gives a non-living/object or thing(s) human like characteristics is?

Correct Answer: A) Personification.

15. When the story ends suddenly and the conflict has not been solved, this is called:

Correct Answer: D) A cliff-hanger.

16. This is a literary device that involves intentionally using the same word or phrase at least twice or more for effect.

Correct Answer: B) Repetition.

17. In connection with question no. 5, what figure of speech is used in the poem?

Correct Answer: D) Metaphor.

18. A barren desert of ice

Correct Answer: A) Metaphor.

19. The manner in which words are arranged into sentences

Correct Answer: D) Syntax.

20. Use of the same words or syntax (order of words) more than once for emphasis or persuasion

Correct Answer: C) Repetition.