Literary Devices Quiz 270 (20 MCQs)

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1. The moral or message of the story is called the .....

Correct Answer: A) Theme.

2. What is this an example of? Instead of saying that my dad was fired, I told my sister that he was laid off.

Correct Answer: B) Euphemism.

3. The deserted and dark church echoed with every step she took on the cold, rock floor. This is an example of ..... ?

Correct Answer: C) Imagery.

4. The shirt was so loud; it was practically shouting, "Look Here!"

Correct Answer: C) Personification.

5. What is a stereotype?

Correct Answer: C) When a person is shown in a way that is not completely true, but is often believed to be true.

6. Identify the type of irony in the following sentence:'The fire station burned down.'

Correct Answer: C) Situational irony.

7. A character who stays the same is considered to be .....

Correct Answer: A) Static.

8. What is a comparison between two thins using"like" or "as" ?

Correct Answer: B) Simile.

9. A lament for the dead, a mournful song

Correct Answer: D) Dirges.

10. Which literary device compares by putting things side-by-side?

Correct Answer: B) Juxtaposition.

11. The emotion that a word generates; extra implied meaning.

Correct Answer: B) Connotation.

12. Identify the literary device:"A falling tree bough crashed through the kitchen window"

Correct Answer: C) Onomatopoeia.

13. A recurrent word, image, theme, object, or phrase that tends to unify a literary work or that may be elaborated into a theme

Correct Answer: C) Motif.

14. The reader knows what the characters are thinking, saying and doing. ("God-like")

Correct Answer: D) Omniscient.

15. What is the literary work, generally composed in verse and using figurative language, typically composed using a set structure?

Correct Answer: A) Poetry.

16. Great view, " Jimmy said with ..... because the window looked directly out onto a crumbling concrete wall.

Correct Answer: B) Irony.

17. Check out my new wheels!

Correct Answer: B) Synecdoche.

18. Device used to measure the proportions of the human body

Correct Answer: D) Anthropometer.

19. "The night air was fuel for my work, and it was a beautiful night." is an example of .....

Correct Answer: C) Metaphor.

20. Which literary device is shown here? 2 ..... non si se Iuppiter ipse petat.

Correct Answer: D) Hyperbole.