Literary Devices Quiz 104 (20 MCQs)

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1. Diction is
2. Something that repeats over and over
3. "Metal ground against metal; a lurching shudder shook the floor beneath him. He fell down at the sudden movement and shuffled backward on his hands and feet, drops of sweat beading on his forehead despite the cool air. His back struck a hard metal wall"
4. EXAMPLE:A tree might represent growth and life, while a desert represent emptiness or isolation.
5. What literary device is being used to describe the painting with the vivid reds and mellow greens and the feeling of the salt air on your skin?
6. Writing Starting, end Lyrical sounds Effervescent vowels go up Writing starting, end.
7. ..... is the repetition of beginning consonant sounds.
8. When an author indirectly hints at-through things such as dialogue, description, or characters' actions-what's to come later on in the story.
9. This is an example of which literary device? You try to scream but terror takes the sound before you make itYou start to freeze as horror looks you right between the eyes
10. All events after the climax and leading to the resolution:
11. What is the meaning of the following simile? "as hungry as a bear recently awakened from hibernation"
12. The thoughts, beliefs, or feelings of the characters are revealed through his/her own actions, words, physical description, thoughts or even other character's opinions of him/her.
13. Using something to represent something else
14. "It takes a million years graduate from school" is an example of:
15. This is a literary technique used in novels, plays and movies and even poems to place two ideas, characters, places or actions side by side so that the qualities of the proposed idea, protagonist, setting or action are placed in favor of the reader/audience. It is a common technique used by writers to persuade their audiences to agree with their perspectives by allowing them to compare and contrast.
16. Writers use similes and metaphors to .....
17. Find the simple predicate in the following sentence:The wacky platypus wanted more Cracker Jacks.
18. All of the events after the climax. The tensionof the story comes down.
19. This character is central to the story. The plot revolves around him or her.
20. A comparison of two unrelated things not using like or as