Literary Devices Quiz 203 (20 MCQs)

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1. Important hints or clues that an author drops to prepare the reader for what is to come in the story, helps the reader anticipate the outcome
2. What does white symbolize in this work?
3. Using one or more of the 5 senses to paint a picture in the reader's mind. Example:The night was black as ever, but bright stars lit up the sky in beautiful and varied constellations which were sprinkled across the astronomical landscape.In this example, the experience of the night sky is described in-depth with color (black as ever, bright), shape (varied constellations), and pattern (sprinkled).
4. "Right is right, and wrong is wrong, and a body ain't got no business doing wrong when he ain't ignorant and knows better." is an example of which literary device?
5. Which literary device is shown here?628 mille domos adiere locum requiemque petentes, 629 mille domos clausere serae;
6. It is a discord that can have external aggressors or can even arise from within the self.
7. Characters, objects, or events that have an abstract, or figurative meaning (stands for something else) Ex. George and Lennie's dream represents their freedom and wealth.
8. "As bright as the sun ..... " This is an example of
9. What's the definition of personification?
10. "This place is funky, funky, funky" What literary device can you spot here?
11. The dimples dug deeper in the baby's cheeks and the lone milky tooth shone in his mouth. This example is
12. A comparison of two unlike items using the words "like" or "as" .
13. A branch of drama that has sorrowful events happening to the characters in the story.
14. What is the literary device used to create a repeating pattern of sounds?
15. In your eyesI see there's something burning inside youOh, inside you(The Weeknd)
16. I overheard the streets talking about you.
17. "He understands the female rage, / Why Eve was lustful and/ Delilah's/ Grim deceit."
18. Which set of words rhyme?
19. A word that imitates the sound it respresents:bam, poof, crash
20. "Books are magic" is an example of .....