Literary Devices Quiz 113 (20 MCQs)

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1. Connotation means the second definition in the dictionary.
2. 'Sister Anna, who frighten me with suspended insomnia!
3. The series of related events in a story or play
4. What is the term for a common saying that is understood in one language but cannot literally be translated into another language?
5. HAPPENS NEAR THE END OF A STORY AFTER THE CLIMAX AND RESOLUTION OF A MAJOR CONFLICT.
6. What is writing or speech that is not meant to be taken literally?
7. What is the meaning of the allusion?We do serious work in the classroom; it's not a Mickey Mouse Club in here!
8. An indirect or passing reference to a person, place, or thing (usually in literature)
9. The owl laughed into the darkness. What type of figurative language is used?
10. The conflict in the story between a character and an OUTSIDE force such as nature, technology, or another character.
11. The central idea in a piece of literature; what a writer wishes to reveal or teach about a subject (should be in the form of a statement).
12. The main idea or underlying meaning of a literary work
13. Choose the sentence that uses euphemism.
14. Which type of irony is this:the audience realizes that someone is about to get killed in a scary movie but the character does not?
15. The local playground demanded that they fight
16. When what actually happens is the opposite of what you would expect to happen
17. "I am as hungry as a bear!" The kind of figurative language used here is .....
18. The author described the fight with (a) using words like "crash" and "pow" to describe the sounds of the action.
19. Comparison by using "like" or "as"
20. Winter's icy grip squeezed his rib cage.