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Literary Devices Quiz 195 (20 MCQs)

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1. The contrast between what is expected and what actually happens.
2. What is the "mood" of a story?
3. Excessive use of connectives (et.....et.....et.....et)
4. These details can be provided in a straight forward way or they can be conveyed through a character's interactions with other characters or the environment around them
5. The narrator is all knowing and can enter the minds of all characters. What is the point of view?
6. The feeling a text creates in the reader or audience
7. Johnny was slowly walking down the hallway when bell rang. The teacher, waiting for him to enter, said, "Slow down Johnny, you wouldn't want to hurt anyone!"
8. That girl is a diamond in the rough.
9. The moral or life lesson of the story
10. It was so cold in the apartment, he swore he was under a blanket of snow!
11. Which word means an exaggerated statement?
12. Referencing something else from outside of the story.
13. A character who is complex and fully developed
14. Which words build suspense in the following passage?Jessica walked slowly through the hallway. "Come out, come out, wherever you are!" she yelled. Since the room was dark, she had to feel around for the doorknob to the dining room. As her hand closed around the cool brass knob, she gave it a firm twist to the right, opening the door to the dining hall with a satisfying bang. The long table was illuminated by a stream of moonlight from a large bay window to her right, allowing her to see enough to enter the room. She giggled with nervousness as she took a few steps forward, stopping short at the sight of something shadowy moving in the corner.
15. Is a type of figurative language that compares two unlike things using words like and as
16. The tone of a dirge is usually
17. The outcome of an event is the opposite of what was expected is .....
18. What is the foreshadowing in this passage?It was only 5:00AM, so everyone else in the house was still asleep. As they crept through the kitchen to the back door, Mary sniffed the air. It had the faint scent of coffee and something sweet. She shrugged it off and followed Justin out the door, down the back steps, and out onto the boat dock. The fog had settled over the lake, making it impossible to see anything.
19. "Lord, help me! I cannot with these children!" my mother screamed at the ceiling.
20. The background information on the characters and setting.
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