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Literary Devices Quiz 275 (20 MCQs)

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1. Literary example #3:what device best fits this excerpt?Louise Mallard is overjoyed by a sense of freedom when she learns her husband has died suddenly and unexpectedly ..... but it turns out the husband was not on the train that crashed that morning. The shock of his unexpected return home causes Louise to have a sudden heart attack ..... and die.-Story of an Hour
2. The reader must infer from the text what the character is like.
3. A character who changes during the course of a literary work is called
4. Who is the antagonist(s) in Illegal?
5. "Shukumar was in his sixth year of graduate school. "That and the summer should give you a good push"Could be an example of:
6. Speaking of a nonhuman thing as if it has human feelings or actions (Ex. The wind moaned.)
7. It is a literary device when events occur that are the opposite of what we expect to happen.
8. In my young years I took pride in the fact that luck was called a lady. In fact, there were so few public acknowledgments of the female presence that I felt personally honored whenever nature and large ships were referred to as feminine. But as I matured, I began to resent being considered a sister to a changeling as fickle as luck, as aloof as an ocean, and as frivolous as nature.
9. What is analysis in general?
10. The use of descriptive language that appeals to the five senses is .....
11. A set of words grouped by meaning that refers to a specific subject.
12. What figurative language is present in the statement below?"The sad truth is that what I could recall in 5 seconds all too soon needed 10, then 30, then a full minute-like shadows lengthening at dusk."
13. What is the definition of antagonist?
14. An exaggerated statement that's not meant to be taken literally by the reader.
15. Which of the following demonstrates a first-person point-of-view?
16. Irony (Dramatic)
17. What does anaphora refer to?
18. The plot goes ahead of time; meaning a scene that interrupts and takes the narrative forward in time from the current time in the stoty.
19. To convince a reader to believe an idea or take a course of action, the author uses ..... writing
20. What story is this from? "I marvel at you who exchange heaven for earth. I don't want to understand you."
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