Literary Devices Quiz 255 (20 MCQs)

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1. When the story ends suddenly and the conflict has not been solved, this is called:
2. This is a literary device that involves intentionally using the same word or phrase at least twice or more for effect.
3. In connection with question no. 5, what figure of speech is used in the poem?
4. A barren desert of ice
5. The manner in which words are arranged into sentences
6. Use of the same words or syntax (order of words) more than once for emphasis or persuasion
7. It is a sound device and the first consonant sound is repeated in several words
8. Don't be a Scrooge!
9. An overused phrase, such as "busy as a beaver" is called .....
10. Using the same pattern of words to show that two or more ideas have the same level of importance.
11. Define:alliteration
12. "Pow!" "Squeak"
13. Rainsford struggles to survive in the jungle, a harsh environment for him when he doesn't have many supplies
14. The creation or construction of a fictional character.
15. Giving human qualities to something that is not human. Example:Sometimes the sun smiles, the wind whispers to the trees, and the shadows of the leaves danced in the wind. The tired old car coughed and wheezed and crawled down the street.
16. Your lips are like a red, red rose
17. When an animal or thing acts like a person
18. Fred is already running late to work. When he gets on the highway, there is a huge traffic jam, making him even later.
19. My yard was a desert after an entire month with no rain.
20. Paradox is a statement appearing at first to be contradictory, but upon reflection then makes sense. /