Literary Devices Quiz 200 (20 MCQs)

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1. What are characters?
2. "The snake slowly, silently, slithered towards its prey" is an example of:
3. My eyes widened at the sight of the mile-high sundaes that were brought to our table.
4. Poetry that does not conform to a regular meter or rhyme scheme. Poets who write in free verse try to reproduce that natural rhythms of spoken language.
5. A writer's central idea or main message
6. The audience knows something that the characters do not know Ex. When Lennie walks in Crooks's room. (Lennie does not know that he is unwanted in there.)
7. "All the perfumes of Arabia will not sweeten this little hand."
8. The use of related words in place of what is really being talked about.
9. What quality makes two characters foils?
10. The smallest part of a word you can say by itself is a
11. A character who demonstrates complexity and who develops or changes over the course of a story
12. Words and phrases that appeal to readers five senses.
13. A character who makes a change throughout the story
14. An exaggerated statement is called a .....
15. Powerful you have become, the dark side I sense in you.
16. An epic hero possesses such great strength and courage that he receives no assistance from anyone, mortal or otherwise, during battle.
17. Which literary device does this example represent? "I am so hungry I could eat a horse!"
18. ..... are the essential parts of storytelling that are found in almost all types of literary and narrative writing.
19. "The fall leaves were bright orange and red against the baby blue sky. The smell of a campfire floated through the air. The wind rustled the crisp fallen leaves across the pavement." This passage is an example of .....
20. Morning cacophony:Hiss, slurp, hush, scream ..... MOM!!!