Literary Devices Quiz 163 (20 MCQs)

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1. Topic of a haiku.
2. A phrase that means something completely different from what it sounds.
3. You scared the devil out of me. I thought I was going to die.
4. This type of figurative language is used when words imitate the actual sound(s) made by the action or event. Examples include "clang" and "whoosh."
5. To warn or indicate an event before it happens (a clue)
6. An animal, object, force of nature, or an idea is given human qualities.
7. The part of the story, usually near the beginning, in which the characters are introduced, the background is explained, and the setting is described
8. My friend Michelle says that at her school, French fries and pizza are options in the cafeteria every single day of the week (Chen).
9. When the protagonist has an epiphany.
10. A character who changes over the course of the story is a
11. The person telling the story is the .....
12. Struggle between two opposing forces
13. Lightening streaked across the greenish-black sky yet, the air was oddly still. When the warning siren shrieked, the family knew that they should head for the storm cellar.
14. Two contradictory words put together
15. Nonfiction piece of writing
16. The coward was shaking like a
17. "Stay gold, Ponboy. Stay gold." This is an example of .....
18. The occurrence of the same sound in a piece of literature
19. A character who provides a stark contrast to another character to emphasize one of their qualities
20. "This promise between us is a delicate flower" is an example of .....