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Literary Devices Quiz 157 (60 MCQs)

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1. Represents safety, openness, community
2. He has been in so many accidents, he must have nine lives.
3. What literary device is being used in the sentence 'The black cat crossing your path signifies bad luck'?
4. "I saw through her meanness which was a cloud that hung over her and chased her." (this is an example of ..... )
5. The author's attitude towards the topic
6. "With the injuries the Cowboys have endured, this season had become a sinking ship." This is an example of .....
7. Giving human traits and qualities to non-human things is what?
8. True or false? An element of Gothic literature could involve the supernatural or the implication of the supernatural.
9. Which of these tones best describes Tupac's poem? Ambition Over Adversity by Tupac Shakur Take one's adversity Learn from their misfortune Learn from their pain Believe in something Believe in yourself Turn adversity into ambition Now blossom into wealth
10. A comparison using "like" or "as" and which is often considered weaker than a more direct comparison is called .....
11. A reference to someone or something commonly known from literature, history, religion, or other areas of popular culture.
12. A Greek term meaning 'side by side' that is a rhetorical term in which phrases and clauses are placed one after another independently, without coordinating or subordinating them through the use of conjunctions.
13. Persuasive writing is meant to convince the readers of a particular opinion. To make it convincing, support opinions with facts.
14. When something bad happens to a friend and you feel bad about it. It hasn't really happened to you, but you feel bad for them .....
15. "In every cry of every Man, / In every infants cry, of fear, / In every voice:in every ban"
16. Long hair is the Greaser's pride.
17. Support in an argument that both sides would agree with ..... defines the following term
18. What literary device is used in the phrase 'the wind howled'?
19. A use of obvious exaggeration for rhetorical effect.
20. In the story A Christmas Carol, by Charles Dickens, a penny-pinching and bitter Ebenezer Scrooge values money more than people.What is the meaning of the allusion in the sentence below?Our neighbor has a reputation for being a Scrooge, so we don't even stop at his door any more when we're fundraising.
21. Which literary device creates suspense and highlights something that will be important later?
22. The Cyclops ate the men "still wriggling, the way a cat eats a grasshopper ..... "(8)
23. The use of components in a sentence that are grammatically the same or similar in their construction, sound, or meaning.
24. Compares two objects by using "like" or "as"
25. Words or phrases that appeal to any of the five senses.
26. When words or phrases are repeated in a literary work
27. What type of figurative language is a comparison between two unlike things using LIKE or AS?
28. An account of a conversation or action that happened before the beginning of the story or at an earlier point
29. A comparison using "like" or "as" (velut, similis)
30. My fellow Americans, ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country.
31. Explain Logos in the context of rhetorical devices.
32. The time, place, and period in which the action takes place in the story
33. Her fragrance was very strong. What sense does this describe?
34. A character who sets off another character by contrast is called a .....
35. Which figure of speech is represented in "I told you that a million times" ?
36. A struggle that goes on in a character's head
37. "Jakia jumped in the jar of jelly." Is an example of
38. Define Ethos in the context of rhetorical devices.
39. ..... leads up to the climax of a plot.
40. Started workin', clerkin' for his late mother's landlord,
41. This is literary technique through which the writers allow their characters to speak directly to abstract concepts, people who are dead or non-existent or absent, objects which are inanimate in a way that they are another character who can feel and think just like humans. This technique is used to present reflections of characters or also to allow for catharsis. eg-Twinkle Twinkle little star. How I wonder what you are .....
42. Which persuasive appeal is known to bring out one's emotion?
43. Sally looked like a bird flying down the hall to get to the lunch room.
44. A character who stays the same throughout a story
45. A pattern that helps readers create a beat as they read.
46. Back then, when Olivia was a child, she had much more freedom than she does now.
47. The sequence of events in a literary work.
48. True or false? An element of Gothic literature could involve intense emotions and tone, symbolism, and mood is representative of the emotional state of characters.
49. If the topic is kindness, which of the following is a good theme statement?
50. Symbols can be .....
51. Words the author uses to make the reader feel a certain emotion
52. What is this:He was as big as a house.
53. The fire station burned to the ground.
54. Exaggeration; stretching the truth for humor or suspense.
55. The repetition of long and short patterns in speech
56. Language that appeals to the senses, creating a vivid and immersive experience for the reader.
57. "I wandered lonely as a cloud/ That floats on high o'er vales and hills, " These lines show an examples of
58. Which connotation is MORE negative?I didn't like the ..... on the jester's face.
59. An implied or indirect reference in literature to a familiar or famous person, place, or event
60. This type of appeal "hits you in the heart" .
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