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An examination of literary devices that moves beyond simple identification.
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What device is present throughout the entirety of a work, that is not the theme?
Motif
It is the theme.
Storybook
Story Archetype
2
Fill in the blank with a metaphor to show a gentle and caring nature. He is a ________.
Doll
gentle and caring person.
Flower
Nurse
3
Correct the malapropism to the original meaning. Having one wife is called monotony.
Having should be shaving.
Monotony should be monogamy.
Wife should be life.
One should be none.
4
Which of the following organizations is most likely to use euphemisms?
A biased news agency.
A forum on comedic events in St. Louis.
A University specializing in genetic research.
Seventeen Magazine
5
Why would an author use Hyperbole in their writing?
To illustrate the absurdity of a situation.
To show how awesome it is.
To draw attention to a particular point.
To show how severe a situation can become.
6
The following allusion means what? You look like Achilles but your ankle is your face.
You are ugly.
You have a well toned face.
You have a long neck.
You look good, except for your face.
7
Which of the following is meant by the euphemism " Downsizing"?
A bunch of people were miniaturized in an accident.
A bunch of people died.
A bunch of people lost their jobs.
A bunch of people lost their homes and moved in together.
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A defense attorney that says he is a beast in the courtroom is expressing which sentiment?
He is good at his job as a defense attorney.
He is aggressive toward the prosecutors.
He relies on police dogs for his evidence.
He is actually a werewolf.
9
Which is an example of an anthropomorphic creature?
A flower that has googly eyes.
A tree that looks like a person.
A horse that can count
Harvey
10
A character model that can be repeatedly used is known as what?
Mold
Teletype
Blank character
Archetype
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Why would an author use a euphemism?
To make the alternative suggestions more viable.
To protect the readers.
To try and appease the proletariat.
To reduce the negative opinion towards a negative action.
12
Completely personifying a creature or an object is known as what?
Animal Magnetism
Anthropomorphism
Peopleification
Total Personification
13
Which simile conveys the idea that the person being described is angry?
He stomped his foot, like a rhino.
He screamed, like a banshee with a megaphone.
He furrowed his brow, like a fish.
He clenched his fist, like a bird.
14
What literary device references another event or work?
Illusion
Prestidigitation
Confusion
Allusion
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Which device is used to show a less negative description of an object or event.
Euphemism
Malapropism
Hyperbole
Ballerism
16
Those models look like Hercules, like Adonis, references what?
A Disney Movie
Julius Caesar
The Trojan War
Greek Mythology
17
What device intentionally misuses a word for humorous effect?
Mayonnaise Inversion
Irony
Malapropischism
Malpropisim
18
Which of the following is the most popular archetype of the ones listed?
The dragon
The lost knight
The wise old wizard
The clumsy drunkard
19
Comparing a person to a fox underscores which characteristic the best.
The person's cleverness.
The person's beauty.
The person's animal tendencies.
The person's agility.
20
Why do authors incorporate literary devices?
To influence the reader.
To make their creations more literary.
To reinforce their conceptual literary framework matrix.
To elevate their own writings.
21
Which demonstrates a malapropism?
A bird in the hand is worth, like, 25 bucks.
Only people in glass houses should throw stones.
A penny saved is worth two in the bush.
A rolling stone gathers no moths.
22
Which of the following does NOT demonstrate personification.
The wise old owl
The giant tree
The comforting fire
The stubborn printer
23
This device overemphasizes a statement for a more noticeable effect.
Lithuania
Hyperbole
Super-Hyper-Omega-Ultrabole
Superbole
24
Why are Archetypes similar throughout cultures?
European culture conquered most countries at one time.
Common elements exist in almost all cultures.
Stories quickly spread though trade on the Silk Road.
Archetypes are too broad and could fit with anything.
25
Which hyperbole, in response to an event, demonstrates extreme embarrassment?
I'm fine. (Internal Screaming)
I could just die.
I'm so embarrassed
I'm red as a beet.
26
How do motifs and archetypes influence a reader?
They allow for new creations based on old works.
They allow the reader to recreate the story.
The allow the reader to relate to the story and characters.
They allow the reader to predict what will happen.
27
Fill in the blank with personification to indicate the size of the fire. The fire _ the forest.
Breathed
Swallowed
Blazed
Stabbed
28
Comparing two or more things without using like or as is known as what?
A malapropism
A metaphor
An simile
A hyperbole
29
Which of the following is a common motif?
Two men hate each other for no reason.
A prince falls in love with a peasant girl.
A man is forced into working for the Yakuza.
Train crashes lead to romance.
30
Why would an author make an anthropomorphic creature?
To make it more adorable.
To make it more easily relatable and give it character.
To make it more easily identifiable and give it character.
To make it capable of performing human actions, like driving
31
This device compares two or more objects and uses the words "like" or "as".
Metaphor
Simile
Syntax
Analogy
32
Which literary device attaches human traits and characteristics to non-human subjects?
Pontification
Allusion
Allocation
Personification
33
What line is most likely to appear in a Contemptus mundi
(contempt of the world) motif?
The Great Wall of China will one day fall.
The churches lie barren, the only flock is now auburn moss.
Food covered in ash is all that remains of Pompeii.
Houses are dumb, horses are dumb, everything is stupid.
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35
A writer that incorporates an allusion assumes what about the reader?
The reader will read the work he references.
The reader has read the work he references.
The reader has some familiarity with the work he references.
The reader is an idiot.
