Literary Devices Quiz 293 (20 MCQs)

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1. "The young man was tall and strong, with a confident stride and a determined gaze" is an example of what literary device
2. When something is described with person-like characteristics or actions
3. Which definition is correct for the following term:Mood
4. A word or line that is repeated to create a certain effect
5. Everyone keeps telling me nothing can go wrong, but all I can think of is the unsinkable Titanic.
6. An extreme exaggeration is called a
7. In the film and book Charlotte's Web, Charlotte explains to Wilbur that all living things eventually die. Charlotte then has to spin a web to save Wilbur's life. In the process of spinning her web, Charlotte expends all her energy and dies.
8. A comparison of two things, often using the words "like" or "as" .
9. Which term means a long speech or utterance by one person, especially in a story, movie, play, or comedy routine
10. Wake up with no jammies
11. If you need to look up the definition of a word, which is the best tool for you?
12. "Fair is foul, and foul is fair." This sentence is an example of .....
13. As the old man watched the boys playing baseball in the vacant lot, he thought back to his own boyhood and the friends he'd had in his home town. They'd cleared debris and stray bushes from a lot and built their own baseball diamond, complete with an elevated pitcher's mound. The old man remembered the feeling of standing on that mound, exchanging signals with the catcher, and winding up to throw a pitch.
14. The smell of homemade chocolate chip cookies conjured up the image of Susan's grandmother standing in a flour-covered apron.
15. Imagine you are going to a fitness center to work out. You see a person choosing to use the elevator to reach the gym located on the second floor instead of taking the stairs. What would you call this situation?
16. An over exaggeration used for a purpose
17. A famous person or figure endorses and supports a product. It connects the famous person with that product.
18. Which figure of speech is represented in the sentence " He is sweating like a racehorse. "
19. Fluffly flowers floated and flew in Florida.
20. To identify the differences between two or more ideas, characters, events, settings, etc