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Quiz: The Literary Device Experience
Quiz: The Literary Device Experience
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______ is the literal definition of a word. (Only two options so you get less time, 10 seconds)
Connotation
Denotation
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What is syntax and what does it do for a story?
The repetition of words to help make an idea clearer.
The feel of the text to conveying a certain mood over it.
The structure of the language used and helps develop tone.
The words used in the text and helps develop tone.
3
Which of these is personification?
A hopeful tragedy
"statue...stood gravely in their...helmets"(TOAFK)
"War is Peace," (1984)
"Victory Mansions...smelt of boiled cabbage," (1984)
4
What literary device is the use of informal words, phrases or even slang in a piece of writing?
Syntax
Diction
Colloquial Diction
Jargon
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What is diction and what does it do for a story?
The feel of the text to conveying a certain mood over it.
The structure of the language used and helps develop tone.
The words used in the text and helps develop tone.
The repetition of words to help make an idea clearer.
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"He damn near killed his partner
buckin' barley.
" (OM&M) What device is shown in the bold?
Repetition
Imagery
Alliteration
Rhythm
7
Which of these could (if referenced) be an allusion?
Harry Potter
Bible
All of these
Hunger Games
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What is a symbol?
The specific words used within a story.
The overall message of the story
A recurring symbol or idea throughout the book.
Something that is representative of a range of other things.
9
What is a poem written with 14 fourteen lines in iambic pentameter?
Sonnet
Limerick
Couplet
Free verse
10
"...the best of times,...the worst of times," (ATTC). What device is shown here?
Antithesis
Oxymoron
Paradox
Anaphora
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What does a simile do?
compares two unlike things using "like" or "as"
a nonhuman is given human characteristics
compares two unlike things without "like" or "as"
when consecutive words share beginning sound.
12
Which combination of two characters would be considered foils of each other?
Charles Darnay and Sydney Carton (ATTC)
Wart and Merlin (TOAFK)
Winston and Julia (1984)
Charles Darnay and Lucie Manette (ATTC)
13
When the speaker says something but means to do another is...
Situational Irony
Sarcasm
Verbal Irony
Irony
14
"
It was the
best of times,
It was the
worst of times," (ATTC) What device is shown in bold?
Anaphora
Parallelism
Repetition
All of these
15
A short story with a moral lesson in the end that mainly features humans is a...
Soliloquy
Fable
Parable
Synecdoche
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When a part is used to explain the whole (i.e. referring to a "car" as "wheels") is a...
Metonymy
Synecdoche
Analogy
Compartmentalization
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When a piece of text is written to appeal to our senses the writer is using...
Pictures
Imagery
Imagination
a Symbol
18
"‘[Darnay] know[s] the fellow.’...said Stryver. ‘I am sorry for it.’" (ATTC). Two Devices.
Dramatic monologue
Sarcasm
Satire
Verbal Irony
19
The way the author feels toward the audience and the subject matter being written is the...
Mood
Tone
Theme
Diction
20
Which one is a metaphor?
"Woodman, Fate...Farmer, Death," (ATTC)
"‘Look out, guv’nor! Bang over’ead! Lay down quick!’" (1984)
"paperweight was the room...coral was [their] life" (1984)
None of them
21
Satire is done with the purpose of...
criticizing and exposing corruption in a humorous way.
empirically analyzing the views of a person or organization.
scathingly attacking a person or organization.
making fun of a person or collective group.
22
Which of these is juxtapostion?
A hopeful tragedy
"War is Peace," (1984)
"statue...stood gravely in their...helmets"(TOAFK)
"Victory Mansions...smelt of boiled cabbage," (1984)
23
A parody of something is a(n)...
a lie
accurate representation
comedic exaggeration
analysis of it
24
What is a dramatic monologue?
when a character internally reveals thoughts to the reader
none of these
the way words are put together in a language.
when a character reveals their thoughts to silent audience
25
"While this Quiz is simple, it is very informative," What type of sentence is this? (Syntax).
Complex
Compound-complex
Simple
Compound
26
Which of the following is an example of hyperbole?
"three hundred million people all with the same face" (1984)
"what with dropping blood...what with dropping wine" (ATTC)
a parchment signed by Hecate (TOAFK)
a pleasant nightmare
27
What is it when the audience knows something that the characters do not?
Spoilers
Foreshadowing
Dramatic Irony
Verbal Irony
28
What is a motif?
Something that is representative of a range of other things.
A recurring symbol or idea throughout the book.
The overall message of the story
The specific words used within a story.
29
Mocking someone or group of someones with the intention of both amusing and hurting them is...
Irony
Sarcasm
Verbal Irony
Satire
30
________ is the cultural significance and meaning of the word on top of any literal definition.
Allusion
Connotation
Denotation
Implied Definition
31
The underlying meaning of a literary work is its...
Moral
Lesson
Theme
Tone
32
Which of these is a paradox?
"statue...stood gravely in their...helmets"(TOAFK)
"Victory Mansions...smelt of boiled cabbage," (1984)
"War is Peace," (1984)
A hopeful tragedy
33
Which of these is an oxymoron?
A hopeful tragedy
"War is Peace," (1984)
"Victory Mansions...smelt of boiled cabbage," (1984)
"statue...stood gravely in their...helmets"(TOAFK)
34
A brave character faces a large obstacle in a way that shows the depth of human spirit. This is
A Parable
A Fable
A Tragedy
An Epic
35
"what with dropping blood, and what with dropping wine,” (ATTC). Which literary device is this?
Allegory
Juxtaposition
Analogy
Symbolism
