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Literary Devices
Test Description: Literary devices are the tools and techniques of language that authors use to convey meaning.
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) Why is the title helpful to a reader?
A
It hints at the mood.
B
It's the way the reader feels when reading.
C
It's the main message about life the main character learned throughout the story.
D
It helps the reader to focus on what is important.
2) What is the term that refers to the problem the whole story revolves around?
A
conflict
B
exposition
C
title
D
mood
3) What is the beginning of a story referred to on a plot diagram?
A
resolution
B
climax
C
exposition
D
falling action
4) Which literary term refers to how a character changes throughout the story?
A
Rising Action
B
Character Development
C
Mood
D
Dialogue
5) What does point of view do for a story?
A
It is the most exciting part of the story.
B
It shows how a character changes throughout the story.
C
It lets the reader know who is the narrator and how much is revealed to the reader.
D
It creates suspense.
6) What are conversations between characters that can show a lot about a character’s personality?
A
tone
B
monologue
C
dialogue
D
theme
7) What is the term that refers to the main message about life the main character learned throughout the story?
A
theme
B
exposition
C
tone
D
figurative language
8) What does a writer use to help a reader better visualize and understand the characters and settings?
A
conflict
B
figurative language
C
tone
D
mood
9) This is an example of what type of figurative language? 'The rails came to life, something was running through them and making them sing' (McNickle 328).
A
simile
B
personification
C
metaphor
D
onomatopoeia
10) Which literary device puts two words together that have an opposite meaning? For example: Small crowd. Jumbo shrimp. Growing smaller
A
symbolism
B
allusion
C
oxymoron
D
simile
11) What terms refers to HOW an author writes, rather than WHAT an author writes?
A
Conflict
B
Author's Style
C
Mood
D
Climax
12) When an author leaves the plot line and goes to a past time to provide the reader with some information they didn't already know, then goes back to the original plot line.
A
flashback
B
rising action
C
mood
D
setting
13) This term refers to the author's attitude towards a subject or audience.
A
tone
B
repetition
C
ellipsis
D
symbolism
14) This term refers to when the author repeats the same words or phrases a few times to make an idea clearer and more memorable.
A
symbolism
B
pun
C
allusion
D
repetition
15) What literary device is being used in this sentence? 'I was surprised his nose was not growing like Pinocchio's.
A
allusion
B
sensory detail
C
ellipsis
D
3rd person point of view
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