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Literary Devices Quiz 170 (20 MCQs)

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1. "I see a red door and I want to paint it black" -Rolling Stones. This is an example of ..... ?
2. The major turning point in a story where the main characters life changes dramatically
3. When the author tells the audience about the personality of the character
4. The word choices made by a writer
5. Recurring words or phrases
6. When is foreshadowing most useful?
7. Instructional language
8. "The mike looked like a black ice cream cone before Jennifer's face" (63). (1 answer)
9. "Whoosh, " "Pop, " and "Bang!"
10. 'Who cares if it's fair?'the jackfish said, flicking its fin, flashing its head.
11. In The Grasshopper and the Ants fable, what word best describes the ants?
12. A statement that seems contradictory, but actually communicates a truth (i.e. If ever two were one, then we).
13. Joe's boots crunched through the hard packed snow and broke the forest's silence. A full moon peeked out from behind two clouds. Tree shadows illuminated the snow drifts in its shimmering light. Joe shivered as a cold gust of wind blew through his jacket.
14. Giving an inanimate object human qualities. Ex:The lightning danced across the sky.
15. The loud drums rang in her ears for days. This sentence is an example of:
16. When a reader is specifically told what a character is like
17. Alejandro wrote a story where he described his tiny pet mouse as 'an elephant stomping through the house'. What is this an example of?
18. Which one is an example of interior monologue?
19. Pleasing to the ear but hard to pronounce.
20. Oxymorons are contradictory phrases. True or False?
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