Literary Devices Quiz 160 (20 MCQs)

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1. "A thicket of berry bushes protects it from unwanted eyes."
2. The repetition of initial consonant sounds (ex:Mickey Mouse).
3. The words that a character speaks in a story ..... ORwhen a character speaks
4. The use of a repeating sound, phrase, word, or sentence for emphasis.
5. Select the word that correctly defines each story element. The climax of the story is when
6. This is the repetition of initial consonant sounds in a line of poetry
7. E stands for.....
8. I am as hungry as a bear! Is an example of .....
9. A word which imitates the natural sounds of a thing, for example BUZZ and POP:
10. The ordered pattern of rhymes at the ends of the lines or a poem or verse
11. Natural laws of human development as they relate to environment.
12. What is this an example of?The storm clouds began to cry.
13. The Center for Disease Control advises everyone to get a flu vaccination.
14. Which literary device is used in the sentence 'The wind whistled in the air.'?
15. This is an extended work in prose, either fictitious or partly so, dealing with character, action, thought, etc, especially in the form of a story
16. Is Flashback a Literary device?
17. Which literary device compares two different things using the words 'like' or 'as'?
18. "The old charts call it 'Ship-Trap Island, "' Whitney replied. "A suggestive name, isn't it? Sailors have a curious dread of the place. I don't know why. Some superstition ..... "
19. "The children pressed to each other like so many roses ..... "
20. It is going to take a zillion years to get through medical school. What is this?