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Literary Devices Quiz 244 (20 MCQs)

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1. Identify the literary device in the following passage: "When our days become dreary with low-hovering clouds and our nights become darker than a thousand midnights, we will know that we are living in the creative turmoil of a genuine civilization struggling to be born" (King 3).
2. A repeated symbol that adds meaning to a text
3. Which English teacher's name contains the most syllables?
4. We climbed mountains so high it seemed as if we would scrape the moon
5. Identify the literary device in the following passage: "It flipped and flopped and flapped, gasping, inflating, deflating, dying in front of us. We gathered around to watch it, mortified, afraid, confused, until finally two young ladies shuffled into the circle, scooped Confucius up like a live grenade, and tossed the fish back into the tank" (Reynolds 3).
6. What comes at the end of the power paragraph?
7. Melanie and her family decided to travel from Pennsylvania to Florida in January in order to avoid the cold weather. However, as soon as they arrived, they were welcomed by below-freezing temperatures. What type of irony is represented in this situation?
8. Identify the literary device in the following passage: " ..... indifference is always the friend of the enemy, for it benefits the aggressor ..... never his victim, whose pain is magnified when he or she feels forgotten" (Weisel 3).
9. The opposite of what the reader expects to happen is what happens.
10. Which literary device showcases the difference between how things seem to be and the reality?
11. The teacher was as cool as a cucumber.
12. A character that undergoes changes, development, and end a story much different than the way he/she started
13. Her house, the one whose Porchlight burned yellow Night and day, in any weatherWhat does the porchlight symbolize?
14. Turning point of the story; most intense moment
15. ..... is to ..... as ..... is to ....., or when you apply the same relationship to two pairs of seemingly unrelated words.
16. Which is an example of allusion?
17. "All was quiet for a while, except for the snuffing in my ear" (83).(1 answer)
18. A main point communicated and developed in/by the text
19. Imagery that appeals to the reader's sense of taste
20. Grandpa sees that his chocolate cake is all gone. Brad has crumbs on his mouth. What do you think happened?
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