Literary Devices Quiz 258 (20 MCQs)

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1. What literary device is used in the phrase:'He was as brave as a lion'?
2. An element at the beginning of a work that provides necessary background information about the characters and their circumstances.
3. Narratives are written without traditionally recognizable plots and yet still evoke in you a feeling that you are going somewhere when you read it.
4. This is an element of a story which is defined as the sequence of events that occurs from the first line to the last.
5. He was as blind as a bat
6. The atmosphere or feeling in a literary work is called the .....
7. What is an example of narration?
8. Which of the following is an example of allusion?
9. Burr, check what we gotMister Lafayette, hard rock like LancelotWhat device is NOT in the sentence
10. An author's word choice (ex:formal, informal, slang, etc)
11. What type of literary device is found in the following quite: "Until then I am a red balloon, a balloon tied to an anchor" (9).
12. What can a light bulb symbolize?
13. I could have slept for a hundred years.
14. What is the definition of hope and hopelessness?
15. He was nervous, very very nervous. This is an example of .....
16. You really are the apple of my eye
17. Group of lines in a poem-paragraph
18. Let's play a fun game of 'Guess the Literary Device'! Can you tell what the following example is demonstrating?'The dove is often used as a symbol of peace'
19. The way a writer uses language to convey a meaning
20. What is the literary device that refers to two rhyming words juxtaposed inside of the line?