Literary Devices Quiz 340 (20 MCQs)

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1. He drew a line as straight as an arrow.-He drew a line as straight as an arrow.

Correct Answer: C) Simile.

2. When the author tells the reader the character's personality ("he was so angry")

Correct Answer: A) Direct characterization.

3. The author's main idea or message of the story. It is a universal, opinionated statement about humanity-not a single word.

Correct Answer: C) Theme.

4. This essay uses evidence and facts to prove whether or not a thesis is true. The essay presents two sides of a single issue.

Correct Answer: B) Argumentative.

5. Definition-a word' or thing's literal or main definition Example- "The blueberry is very blue."

Correct Answer: B) Denotation.

6. What is the literary device that refers to the message an author wants to communicate through the piece?

Correct Answer: A) Theme.

7. Which of the following is an example of a primary source about World War 2

Correct Answer: A) The Diary of Anne Frank.

8. What does Santa Claus symbolize in the story we just read?

Correct Answer: C) Slavery and despair.

9. "You've married an Icarus; he has flown too close to the sun." This is an example of .....

Correct Answer: A) Allusion.

10. The following is an example of what?In 1895, in a small town in Kentucky, there was a schoolhouse.

Correct Answer: C) Setting.

11. Define Analogy

Correct Answer: C) A comparison between two or more things that are similar in some way, but unlike in others.

12. What literary device is used in the phrase 'as cold as ice'?a) Metaphorb) Similec) Personificationd) Alliteration

Correct Answer: B) Simile.

13. The bomb created a tremendous boom.

Correct Answer: E) Onomatopoeia.

14. What is the Time and Place of the Story?

Correct Answer: D) Setting.

15. It is a word or phrase in which a part of something is used to refer to the whole of it.

Correct Answer: A) Synecdoche.

16. Saying something is LUXURIOUS instead of EXPENSIVE is an example of using .....

Correct Answer: A) Connotation.

17. "Sighing like furnace" is what poetic device?

Correct Answer: A) Simile.

18. Which literary device is shown here? 14 otio exsultas nimiumque gestis

Correct Answer: D) Synchysis/interlocking word order.

19. The use of smooth or flowing sounds; often used in description of love, happiness, joy, et cetera

Correct Answer: A) Euphony.

20. Are you hungry? Lets find a cafe to eat ....., ....., and ..... food.

Correct Answer: D) Doritos, donuts, dried.