Literary Devices Quiz 112 (20 MCQs)

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1. Specialized language or technical terminology characteristic of a particular subject or profession.
2. The voice of the wind calls, echoing through the canyon.
3. When the audience knows something important that a character doesn't know
4. Too soon, it was time to leave. "Can you come back next week?" Rick asked. "I would love to!" I said. What is the phrase in blue?
5. Kisses are the flowers of affection, what is the similarity between kisses and flowers in the metaphor?
6. Describe a character using characterization techniques.
7. It refers to repetition of sounds produced by vowels within a sentence or phrase.
8. "The air was hot and dripping as if the city were wrapped in a wool blanket pulled from a boiling pot."
9. The word "static" is literature means .....
10. A device where the speaker refers to something that the reader needs prior knowledge of or experience with in order to understand.
11. Which literary device is an exaggeration used for emphasis or dramatic effect?
12. A figure of speech that uses exaggeration to express a strong emotion or create a statement is a .....
13. In a hero, hubris refers to arrogant, excessive self-pride or self-confidence or a lack of some important perception or insight due to pride in one's abilities
14. The boy believed black birds bite.
15. "A study by the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in 2006 found that 23.5 percent of high schools offered fast food from places like Pizza Hut and Taco Bell" (The New York Times).
16. If nomenclature is
17. The character Pollyanna, from Eleanor Porter's children's book, is a young girl who finds good in everything and everyone. What is the meaning of the allusion in the sentence below? "Tess is such a Pollyanna!" Liam announced with a sigh.
18. Rational, reasonable, analytical, cogent.
19. The dog's fur was as black as
20. The repetition of beginning sounds in a sentence is a(n)