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Literary Devices Quiz 161 (20 MCQs)

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1. An extreme exaggeration within literature to express importance.
2. A reference to a literary work to something famous .....
3. "Beauty is truth, truth beauty" "My love is a red, red rose"
4. Break a leg is what kind of literary device?
5. When an author in their own work refers to an event in another work, this is called a(n) .....
6. This is an example of which literary device? We only said goodbye with wordsI died a hundred times
7. I was so thirsty that I could drink a thousand juice boxes!
8. It is the repetition of words, phrases, or clauses at the beginning of two or more clauses or sentences in a row.
9. A story set within a story, narrative, or movie, told by a main or supporting character; the character starts telling a story, to other characters, or physically writes it down, thus revealing the details to the audience
10. A story's main theme might be difficult to figure out because:
11. Which of the following is an example of foreshadowing?a) The dark clouds signaled an approaching storm.b) The character's name is Rose, symbolizing beauty.c) The author describes the setting in great detail.d) The protagonist finds a mysterious key.
12. The musical quality produced by stressed and unstressed syllables
13. I told you a million times to be quiet.
14. To create the mood of the story, the author
15. Ana had spent an unhappy night of tossing and turning. Yesterday, the wrong move had caused her to lose the volleyball match. As she sat up in bed the next morning, she could see the sun just peeking over the bushes in her back yard. As the sun rose higher and shined more brightly, Ana felt her spirits lifting. Feeling her confidence return, Ana thought to herself, I know I can work harder, and I'll make the team forget yesterday ever happened. In this passage, the rising sun symbolizes-
16. The repetition of a consonant sound; She sells sea shells by the seashore.
17. This literary device uses a symbol to represent something different than it's literal sense
18. A reference to another person, place, event, literary work, etc.
19. When something stands for something else
20. Who is the antagonist in the story of the 3 little pigs?
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