Literary Devices Quiz 92 (20 MCQs)

Quiz Instructions

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1. Comparing two unlike things, usually using the word LIKE or AS

Correct Answer: B) Simile.

2. True or False:Tone is often defined as what the author feels about the subject.

Correct Answer: B) True.

3. "My granddad drives as slow as a snail" means .....

Correct Answer: B) My grandad drives very slowly.

4. A direct comparison of two unlike things using the words "like" or "as"

Correct Answer: B) Simile.

5. Giant rocks ..... crouch like a sea monster

Correct Answer: A) Simile.

6. Hints an author gives about what will happen in the plot's future is called .....

Correct Answer: C) Foreshadowing.

7. What is the term to describe the troubles between the protagonist and antagonist?

Correct Answer: A) Main Conflict.

8. When the character faces an outside opposition.

Correct Answer: B) External Conflict.

9. A deliberate, outrageous exaggeration"I am starving""My homework takes forever"

Correct Answer: C) Hyperbole.

10. Boom, murmur, gurgle, whoosh

Correct Answer: D) Onomatopoeia.

11. Type or category in which a literary work belongs.

Correct Answer: B) Genre.

12. Saying "It's not the best weather today" during a hurricane

Correct Answer: A) Understatement.

13. What is the definition of purpose?

Correct Answer: C) The reason the text is written (to entertain, inform, or persuade).

14. This is the most exciting part of a story, the highest point of tension, the turning point .....

Correct Answer: D) Climax.

15. Which of the following is the best definition of antagonist?

Correct Answer: A) The main character's most opposing force in a story.

16. The idiom, "He was born with a silver spoon in his mouth" means .....

Correct Answer: A) He was born to a rich family.

17. But the queen had long been suffering from severe anxiety

Correct Answer: C) Synchesis.

18. A character affected by the events of the story. These characters are usually fully developed in terms of personality.

Correct Answer: D) Round characters.

19. When the author gives clues or hints about what might happen later in a story .....

Correct Answer: D) Foreshadowing.

20. DEFINITION:What is symbolism?

Correct Answer: A) Language that uses a real-life object to represent a deeper idea.