Literary Devices Quiz 256 (20 MCQs)

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1. What type of figurative language is shown? Her long hair is an ocean of waves.
2. Freedom is like religion to us.
3. A (a) is a comparison between two things using "like" or "as" to highlight a resemblance.
4. A struggle between two opposing forces
5. Write, written
6. Something tangible that represents a bigger idea
7. The narrator only knows what he/she experiences or learns about in some way-the narrator's knowledge grows as the story unfolds; at times, the reader may know more than the narrator.
8. A literary device used commonly in literature, and in daily life, where logical deductions are made based on premises assumed to be true.
9. Mrs. Fischer's hair is.....
10. Identify the literary device:"The breakfast stove gave a hiss"
11. Jeremiah squinted from the sun. He was thinking about the game. They could have won. He could have won the game for them. All he needed to do was catch the ball, but he didn't. He dropped it. His coach talked to him. "Jeremiah, we had a great season. Nobody's perfect. Look at me. Ha ha, " he said. Jeremiah smiled at the coach, but he couldn't forgive himself so easily.
12. A character that changes throughout the story.
13. What character trait is revealed? After pulling an all-nighter studying, Sarah moved through the dance routine sluggishly. She was off beat and missed several moves.
14. The differ the difference between mood and tone is that mood is how the story feels, and tone is the author's feelings.
15. Something that stands for itself but also for something beyond itself and which quickly communicates complicated ideas.
16. EXAMPLE:A crown is often used to represent royalty or power. In stories, when a character wears a crown, it can represent that they are a king or queen.
17. "Alone together" is an example of .....
18. Choose the phrase that creates parallelism.Last summer I learned to play tennis, to swim, and .....
19. During a baseball game, Tanner tried to tag a player leaving first base. When the umpire called the player out, Tanner immediately informed the umpire that he in fact did not tag the runner. Two weeks later, the very same umpire was at another one of Tanner's baseball games. Tanner was playing short stop and tagged a runner as they approached third base. When the umpire called the player safe, Tanner didn't say a word, but the umpire noticed the surprised look on Tanner's face. "Did you tag the runner?" she asked Tanner. When Tanner told her that he did tag the runner, the umpire changed her decision and called the player out. The coaches and parents were furious, but the umpire stood by her decision. What is the theme?
20. How speakers/writers communicate/tell their stories (consider diction, sentence structure, use of figurative language)