Literary Analysis and Devices Quiz

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#1

What is the definition of foreshadowing in literature?

A hint or clue about events that will happen later in the story
The main idea of the story
A character's internal thoughts and feelings
A sudden and unexpected twist in the plot
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#2

Which literary device involves a direct comparison between two unrelated things using 'like' or 'as'?

Metaphor
Simile
Personification
Hyperbole
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#3

Who is the author of the literary work '1984'?

George Orwell
Aldous Huxley
Ray Bradbury
J.K. Rowling
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#4

Who is known as the 'Bard of Avon' and is considered one of the greatest writers in the English language?

Charles Dickens
Jane Austen
William Shakespeare
Mark Twain
#5

Who wrote the novel 'To Kill a Mockingbird,' a classic work addressing issues of racial injustice and moral growth?

Harper Lee
J.K. Rowling
Ernest Hemingway
F. Scott Fitzgerald
#6

What is the term for a recurring theme, subject, or idea in a literary work?

Motif
Symbolism
Allegory
Irony
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#7

Who is credited with the development of the concept of the 'tragic flaw' in literary analysis?

William Shakespeare
Homer
Aristotle
Jane Austen
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#8

Which literary device involves giving human qualities to inanimate objects or abstract concepts?

Metaphor
Simile
Personification
Alliteration
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#9

What literary term refers to the use of contradictory terms in close proximity?

Paradox
Oxymoron
Anaphora
Euphemism
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#10

What literary device involves the repetition of a consonant sound at the beginning of closely connected words?

Assonance
Alliteration
Consonance
Euphony
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#11

What is the term for the emotional atmosphere or tone of a literary work?

Setting
Mood
Plot
Theme
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#12

In literary analysis, what does the term 'stream of consciousness' refer to?

A narrative technique that presents the thoughts and feelings of a character as they occur
A type of rhyme scheme in poetry
The climax of the story
The resolution of the conflict
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#13

Who wrote the poem 'The Waste Land,' which is considered one of the most important poems of the 20th century?

T.S. Eliot
Robert Frost
W.B. Yeats
Emily Dickinson
#14

What is the term for the perspective from which a story is told, with the narrator being a character in the story and using first-person pronouns?

Third-person limited
Omniscient
First-person
Second-person
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#15

Which literary movement, characterized by disillusionment and a sense of hopelessness, emerged after World War I?

Romanticism
Modernism
Transcendentalism
Realism
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