Literary Devices Quiz 235 (20 MCQs)

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1. Igor is using which literary device when telling Frederick Frankenstein that his name is actually pronounced "Eye-gor?"
2. The category of art/literature grouped by similar form, style, or subject.
3. Anytime the author uses details to teach us about a person in the story.
4. Which of these is an example of exaggeration (hyperbole)?
5. Figure of speech that makes a direct comparison between two unlike objects using like or as
6. When the author subtly hints at something that is going to happen later in the text
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. What literary device was used in the following example, " ..... the blinds were drawn & the fire burned brightly.
9. A scene that takes place before a story begins
10. "My instep arch not only keeps the ache, / It keeps the pressure of a ladder-round./ I feel the ladder sway as the boughs bend."
11. What literary devices is this?Saying "roses" instead of "flowers"
12. A figure of speech with contradictory terms or opposite terms appear
13. A hint beforehand that something is going to happen.
14. Which definition is correct for the following term:Imagery
15. What is the author's attitude towards Jody?
16. Is a type of literary device where an author ridicules specific people, groups or some aspect of society
17. In which of the examples below would you most likely find an alliteration?
18. The perspective from which a story is told. / La perspectiva desde la que se cuenta una historia.
19. "The specific feeling of a specific people at a specific time" is the .....
20. Choose the term that BEST matches the definition. the central idea of a literary work