Literary Devices Quiz 253 (20 MCQs)

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1. What literary device is being used below? "Have you got a brook in your little heart, Where bashful flowers blow, And blushing birds go down to drink, And shadows tremble so?"
2. The placement of things beside each other to compare them or to create an effect. (a)
3. What literary device does an author use to hint at future events?
4. Occurs when the meaning of the situation is understood by the audience but not by the characters in the literary work.
5. "You didn't do your homework, did you?" is an example of .....
6. A struggle or problem between two opposing forces in a story.
7. The fog crept in on little feet.
8. A play on words; sometimes on different senses or sounds
9. Uneasy feeling that a reader gets when they don't know what is going to happen next
10. Identify the tone of the passage:"Lana paced up and down the hall, and every few minutes headed to the window to check for the mail carrier. When he finally showed up, she ran down the path and stretched out her hand for the mail. She took a deep breath and, hands shaking, ripped open the envelope."
11. When the story is told from a character's point of view; you will see pronouns like "I, me, we, etc."
12. "My alarm yelled at me this morning." Which literary device is used here?
13. Rolling over peaks and through valleys like a car on a roller coaster
14. Which of these is an example of metaphor?
15. Bob and Sally got into an argument. Sally accused Bob of cheating with Jane. Bob and Jane were able to prove that they were not cheating. As a result, Sally apologized to Bob and Jane. Of what type of conflict is this an example?
16. A word or phrase that is not formal; slang.
17. A news segment features a city-wide donation to the food shelf to combat local poverty and hunger. This is an example of which text structure type?
18. Rufus smiles as wide as the ocean.
19. What is the most intense part of the story?
20. A repeated theme is called a