Richard Zhang - Multimedia Presentation on Literary Devices/Elements

Question 1

In Old School, the narrator states his preference for Kennedy over Nixon in the election. What device is used here?

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Allusion

Question 2

What device is used here? Mr. Smith just gave us a ton of homework.

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Hyperbole

Question 3

What literary device is used in this sentence? He is such a Scrooge during the holiday season!

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Allusion

Question 4

What literary device is demonstrated in the following sentence? Peter piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.

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Alliteration

Question 5

Which of the following statements is NOT true?

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There is no difference between tone and mood

Question 6

What literary device is used here? Awesome! We have another homework packet!

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Verbal Irony

Question 7

In The Glass Menagerie, the fire escape serves as what literary device?

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A symbol

Question 8

What is this sentence an example of? I wish you would mash potatoes in this dish.

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Consonance

Question 9

In The Scarlet Letter, what type of conflict does Arthur Dimmesdale find himself in throughout the novel?

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All of the above

Question 10

Many companies used literary devices in their names. What is this an example of?

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Alliteration

Question 11

What is true about a third-person point of view?

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All of the above

Question 12

What literary element refers to the central idea or concept of a work?

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Theme

Question 13

What is true when a story is told from a first person point of view?

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All of the above

Question 14

What literary device did Martin Luther King use in his "I Have a Dream" Speech?

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Anaphora

Question 15

In The Great Gatsby, what literary device is used when Jordan recalls her first time meeting Gatsby?

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Flashback

Question 16

What is true when a story is told from a second person point of view?

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All of the above

Question 17

Literary elements refer to the components that make up a literary work

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True

Question 18

Which of the following lists the five elements of plot in the correct order?

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Exposition, Rising Action, Climax, Falling Action, Resolution/Denouement

Question 19

What is this an example of? The rain in Spain falls mainly on the plains.

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Assonance

Question 20

At the end of The Glass Menagerie, what is Tom's closing monologue an example of?

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Apostrophe

Question 21

A third-person omniscient point of view means that the narrator in the story

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is aware of the thoughts and actions of all the characters

Question 22

A third-person limited omniscient point of view means that the narrator in the story

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is aware of the thoughts and actions of only one or a handful of characters

Question 23

In O Pioneers!, what literary device is used when Emil shoots the ducks at the pond when he is with Marie?

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Foreshadowing

Question 24

What literary device is used here? The soft tinkling of rain on my window lulled me to sleep.

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Imagery

Question 25

Literary devices are techniques that writers use to create special effects in their work

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True

Question 26

In the beginning of O Pioneers!, the children get together to read The Swiss Family Robinson. What device is used here?

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Allusion

Question 27

In A Raisin in The Sun, Mr. Lindner can be best described as

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A flat character

Question 28

What literary device is used here? Swoosh! The basketball went right into the hoop.

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Onomatopoeia

Question 29

What is the literary device being used here? The world is like a stage.

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Simile

Question 30

What device is used in this sentence? The wind howled and screamed in the night.

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Personification

Question 31

Literary devices can sometimes be found in presidential slogans. What device is used in this specific example?

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Assonance

Question 32

In a story, we can classify characters as

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All of the above

Question 33

In The Great Gatsby, readers know about Gatsby's past but the other characters do not. What is this an example of?

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Dramatic Irony

Question 34

In O Pioneers!, the murders of Emil and Marie are an example of what literary device?

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Situational Irony

Question 35

What literary element refers to the perspective from which a story is told?

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Point of view

Question 36

Which of the following is a type of external conflict?

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All of the above

Question 37

What point of view is the following passage in?

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Second Person

Question 38

What device is being used here? Bobby is a walking encyclopedia!

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Metaphor

Question 39

In The Great Gatsby, what suggests that the novel is told from a first person point of view?

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All of the above

Question 40

In Washington Square, the point of view can be best described as

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Third-person omniscient

Question 41

What literary element refers to the time and place in which a literary work takes place?

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Setting

Question 42

When considering the plot of O Pioneers!, what can be considered the climax of the novel?

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Frank shoots Emil and Marie

Richard Zhang - Multimedia Presentation on Literary Devices/Elements

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