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Literary Devices Quiz 136 (20 MCQs)

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1. A comparison of two things by saying one thing is another WITHOUT using "like" or "as" .
2. Comparing two unlike things using like or as is
3. The opposition of forces essential to the plot is called .....
4. "Buzz" and "BAM!" are examples of
5. Oh, just get a job? Yeah, why don't I just strap on my job helmet and squeeze down into a job cannon, and fire off into jobland where jobs grow on jobbies!
6. "Her face was like a snow-covered island upon which rain might fall, but it felt no rain ..... "
7. An organizational device used in literature to present action that occurred before the current or present time of the story. They are often introduced as recollections or memories of characters.
8. Find the simple subject in the following sentence:The wacky platypus wanted more Cracker Jacks.
9. Language that communicates meanings beyond the literal meanings of words (simile, metaphor, personification, etc.)
10. Express ideas through language
11. Peter Piper picked a peck of picked peppers is an example of:
12. When speakers say the opposite of what they mean (sarcasm)
13. This is an example of which literary device? All the world's a stage, And all the men and women merely players;
14. When the black cat crossed my path, I should have taken it as a sign for things to come.
15. A character who is used as a contrast to another more important character; the contrast emphasizes the differences between the two characters, bringing out the distinctive qualities in each
16. The highest emotional level reached in a story is the .....
17. When a line of poetry has no end punctuation and wraps around to the next line, it is called
18. Writing that comments humorously on human flaws, ideas, social customs, or institutions in order to change them.
19. "Like light, we can't be broken, even when we bend."What poetic device is this an example of?
20. What are the 'b, ' 'p, ' 't' and 'd' sounds called?
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