Literary Devices Quiz 332 (20 MCQs)

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1. Tragic comedy

Correct Answer: A) Oxymoron.

2. The comparison of two unlike things WITHOUT using like or as (Ex. Her eyes were a vast ocean)

Correct Answer: B) Metaphor.

3. You are my kryptonite.

Correct Answer: B) Metaphor.

4. Kozmy is so big he could break a tower!

Correct Answer: A) Hyperbole.

5. Which character wears an earring?

Correct Answer: B) Ragweed.

6. " ..... fiend angelical ..... "

Correct Answer: C) Oxymoron.

7. Goodnight, sleep tight, don't let the bedbugs bite

Correct Answer: A) Assonance.

8. This is another fine mess you have got us into.

Correct Answer: D) Oxymoron.

9. A character who does not change at all in a story

Correct Answer: D) Static character.

10. Fragment

Correct Answer: A) Purposefully incomplete sentence.

11. " ..... I always take a moment to listen carefully for the hum that means the fence is live. Right now, it's silent as a stone."

Correct Answer: A) Simile.

12. The antagonist of a story is .....

Correct Answer: A) The chief opponent of the main character the "bad guy.".

13. Paying bills is like pulling teeth is an example of .....

Correct Answer: C) Simile.

14. A comparison of two seemingly unlikethings WITHOUT using words "like" or "as"

Correct Answer: C) Metaphor.

15. The general emotion behind what is said by the author/speaker in a piece of literature.

Correct Answer: D) Tone.

16. What are the repeated 'S' sounds most often caused by?

Correct Answer: C) Sibilance.

17. "My son, Dean, dances daily to Bob Dylan songs" is an example of a(n)

Correct Answer: C) Alliteration.

18. The Point of View from .....

Correct Answer: D) The narrator's position in relation to the story being told.

19. What does it really mean: "There are butterflies in my stomach!'

Correct Answer: D) I'm nervous.

20. An object that represents a bigger idea

Correct Answer: C) Symbolism.