Literary Devices Quiz 127 (20 MCQs)

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1. A direct comparison of two unlike things NOT using "like" or "as"
2. What effect does the writer create by using the hyperbole, there was enough food at the party to feed all the children of the earth?
3. Which one is NOT a type of conflict in literature?
4. Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers. A peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked. If Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers, Where's the peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked?
5. Imagery which appeals to the sense of smell
6. The immigrants closely related to the slaughter house animal because .....
7. What term means:A comparison of two things without using "like" or "as" ?
8. A character who changes drastically by the end of the story is considered to be .....
9. Events in a story leading up to the main conflict
10. The reason why authors write stories or text.
11. Dynamic Characters .....
12. True or False:We usually learn about a story's themes through its characters (including its narrator).
13. An object or thing that represents something bigger than itself
14. The central idea in a piece of art or literature; the moral of the story or life lesson; the lessons learned by the characters and/or the readers
15. As their car rumbled down the dirt road toward the lake cabin, Kim was transported back to last summer. She remember the hard work it took to get the cabin in shape for another summer at the lake. "We have to work before we can play, " her mother had reminded her.
16. The associations people make with words that go beyond the literal or dictionary definition. Many words have connotations that create emotions or feelings in the reader.
17. Literary terms can be applied to books, movies and even song lyrics.
18. True or false:The term half-caste is not racist as it is based on Social Darwinism
19. Type or category to which a literary work belongs Ex. Fiction/Non-fiction, Drama, Poetry, Novel, Short Story, Biography, Essay, etc.
20. A form of contrast by which writers call attention to dissimilar ideas or images or metaphors