Literary Devices Quiz 149 (20 MCQs)

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1. What do the five servants in "The Prince and the She-Devils" symbolize?
2. Peace and Freedom in "The Watchers" are an example of .....
3. The lights are on, but nobody is home.
4. A brief reference in a literary work to a person, place, thing, or passage in another literary work, usually for the purpose of associating the tone or theme of the one work with the other.
5. Example: "There is darkness and light within all of us."
6. The preface or introduction to a literary work
7. "This is the best burger in this town, even in the whole country" What literary device can you spot here?
8. When a writer gives human characteristics to non-human things, such as animals, objects, or ideas, what is this technique called?
9. Which literary device is being used in the following sentence:'Sophia's laughter was as melodious as a song.'
10. Which literary device refers to the underlying message or main idea of a literary work?
11. The rough bark of the tree scratched his skin as he climbed higher and higher.
12. Also known as literary devices, literary techniques provide deeper meaning for the reader and help the reader to use imagination to visualise situations.
13. Every man, every woman, every child, should be loved.
14. Feeling or atmosphere that a write creates for the reader. Ex. "The heavy black clouds became thick over the city and we all felt a sense of dread."
15. Identify the literary device in the sentence:'The wind whispered through the trees.'
16. Nonfiction
17. Represents savagery and anarchy
18. Being able to identify the central idea of a text shows .....
19. The wind howled in the night
20. A theme is a