Literary Devices Quiz 48 (20 MCQs)

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1. An interruption in the story to show events that happened at an earlier time.authors use these to show something about a character's past

Correct Answer: C) Flashback.

2. A figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind, used to make a description more emphatic or vivid

Correct Answer: C) Simile.

3. A figure of speech that compares seemingly unlike things without using "like" or "as" is called

Correct Answer: A) Metaphor.

4. The sun was like a yellow ball in the sky.

Correct Answer: C) Simile.

5. Words are spelled to indicate how the speech of a region or character sounds.

Correct Answer: C) Dialect.

6. Which literary device is shown here?678 accessere boni nec iners pauperque voluntas.

Correct Answer: A) Litotes.

7. A vivid verb is.....

Correct Answer: B) A word that describes an action in a stronger way.

8. What is the definition of advantage?

Correct Answer: A) Any state, circumstance, opportunity, or means specially favorable to success, interest, or any desired end.

9. Identify the literary device/ technique:The big, fresh, juicy orange is very cold and sweet.

Correct Answer: C) Imagery.

10. "A man who needs medical assistance is run over by the ambulance." is an example of:

Correct Answer: C) Irony.

11. A comparison between 2 unlike objects NOT using "like" or "as."

Correct Answer: B) Metaphor.

12. This is a subject to which attributes are ascribed in a metaphor.

Correct Answer: A) Tenor.

13. "the rose that grew from a crackin the concrete" (1-2)

Correct Answer: C) Imagery.

14. Why does Mrs. Jones wish Roger were her own son?

Correct Answer: B) So she could teach him right from wrong.

15. Fill in the blank with the missing words:Foreshadowing is a ..... that creates .....

Correct Answer: B) Literary device; suspense.

16. Lit. form that is brief and fiction, usually only time for one plot

Correct Answer: A) Short story.

17. You mean the world to me.

Correct Answer: D) Hyperbole.

18. Identify the literary device in the sentence:'His words were like a dagger to her heart'.

Correct Answer: A) Simile.

19. Which of the following literary devices is when you hint at something that will happen later in the text?

Correct Answer: C) Foreshadowing.

20. When an author gives a clue about something that will happen later in the story, it is called .....

Correct Answer: A) Foreshadowing.