Literary Devices Quiz 211 (20 MCQs)

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1. Which type(s) of figurative language and poetic devices were popular in Anglo Saxon poetry like Beowulf?
2. What is a word or phrase is written multiple times, usually for the purpose of emphasis. It is often used in poetry (for purposes of rhythm as well)?
3. A play that ends in death or sadness
4. An example of a simile is:
5. Refers to the use of words which sound like the noise they refer to.
6. Finish the line to make a rhyme. She liked to run and have lots of .....
7. A character who undergoes a dramatic inner change
8. The odd frog spots a mottled owl.
9. Barking up the wrong tree
10. In rhetoric, a roundabout description of something ..... verbosity.
11. A work that symbolizes or represents an idea or event
12. An allusion is a reference, typically brief, to a person, place, thing, event, or other literary work with which the reader is familiar.
13. "He was a real Romeo with the ladies."
14. Red rose-symbolizes love and romance
15. Which literary device is defined as a distinctive feature or dominant idea in an artistic or literary composition that may contribute to the theme?
16. A poem with fourteen lines using any line of formal rhyme schemes.
17. "Long hair is the Greaser's pride." is an example of .....
18. The narrator is an outsider telling the story in .....
19. The creation of a believable personality by showing the character's appearance, displaying the character's actions, revealing the character's thoughts, hearing the character speak and seeing the reactions of others to this character
20. What do we call the combination of two words that, together, express a contradictory meaning?