Literary Devices Quiz 182 (20 MCQs)

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1. This figure of speech uses exaggeration to make its point.
2. The rain was a drum beat on the tin roof. Metaphor?
3. Putting events in a text in order from beginning to end.
4. The calm, soothing river water refreshed the hikers.
5. What is the narrator?
6. What does the term rhetoric mean?
7. A common expression that doesn't make sense if you take it literally.
8. A concrete representation of an abstract idea, such as the mockingbirds, or the green light in Gatsby.
9. Example:My nephew is a monkey! He climbs on everything.
10. The repetition of vowel sounds within words is called .....
11. Choose the vocab word that best fits the sentence:The nomination of the Homecoming King will ..... the nomination of the Homecoming Queen.
12. A word that is formed based on the sound that is associated with its name
13. "Toot your own horn" is what type of figurative language?
14. Identify the main literary device used here:The snow covered the ground like blanket of wool. The chilly wind burned the tips of my nose and ears. I tasted the icy snowflakes as they drifted down from the sky.
15. What is the conflict type in the story below?12 year old Billy is running for his life from the biggest tornado in history.
16. The person who is telling the story
17. It is giving human qualities to inanimate things or animals.
18. Which literary device is one idea stretched over more than one line of poetry?
19. The repetition of sounds that are placed close together
20. Tone is the attitude the author adopts with regards to a specific topic, character, etc.