Literary Devices Quiz 266 (20 MCQs)

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1. "The leaves danced as they fell from the trees" is an example of .....

Correct Answer: A) Personification.

2. Parables and fables are very interesting to read, because you will learn ..... from them.

Correct Answer: C) Moral/lesson.

3. Descriptive language that appeal to the senses

Correct Answer: B) Imagery.

4. Allusion definition.....

Correct Answer: C) The mention of a famous or important person that is not explained in the book because the reader should know who that person is.

5. Which is an example of an analogy?

Correct Answer: A) How a doctor diagnoses diseases is like how a detective investigates crimes.

6. The use of hints and clues to suggest what will happen later in a plot

Correct Answer: A) Foreshadowing.

7. "BAM" is an example of

Correct Answer: A) Onomatopoeia.

8. A person, place or thing which has meaning in itself but represents or stands for something else

Correct Answer: B) Symbol.

9. A scene set in a time earlier than the main story; a memory

Correct Answer: B) Flashback.

10. What is a similie

Correct Answer: C) A comparison using like or as.

11. Which literary device is used to create a picture in the reader's mind by evoking responses from all of the reader's senses?

Correct Answer: C) Imagery.

12. Any element, subject, idea or concept that is constantly present through the entire body of literature.

Correct Answer: A) Motif.

13. Hints to readers something that is to follow or appear later in the story

Correct Answer: C) Foreshadowing.

14. "An oxymoron is the same thing as a paradox."

Correct Answer: B) False.

15. Considered the main character of a story

Correct Answer: A) Protagonist.

16. Important hints or clues that an author drops to prepare the reader for what is to come.

Correct Answer: D) Foreshadow.

17. "The road was a ribbon of moonlight, "

Correct Answer: B) Metaphor.

18. A contrast between what is expected and what actually exist

Correct Answer: B) Irony.

19. "Oh! What fine luck I have!"

Correct Answer: C) Irony.

20. "Bob is as brave as a lion" is an example of what literary device?

Correct Answer: C) Simile.