Literary Devices Quiz 302 (20 MCQs)

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1. A phrase or opinion that is overused and betrays a lack of original thought; a stereotype.
2. Watching Annette get dressed was like watching paint dry.
3. Why is the use of literary language and devices important in a story, and how do they contribute to the overall quality of the narrative?
4. A literary device that combines opposite terms into one expression is a .....
5. The main character of the story who is faced with a conflict
6. The night ..... pressed its thick warm blackness upon the yacht
7. When a word's vocalization immitates a natural sound, as can be heard in the words "buzz, pop, bam" what do we call that device?
8. Extreme exaggeration used to emphasize the point
9. Putting human characteristics to objects is .....
10. Imagine you are at a dinner party. One of the guests, who has just finished a large steak, exclaims, "I'm so hungry I could eat a horse." What type of irony would this situation be an example of?
11. EXAMPLE:After Halloween, the empty candy wrappers formed a mountain in the garbage can.
12. What is the imagery used in the line below?With the clattering sound of pain, his world shattered into pieces when he heard his father's death.
13. Those lazy lizards are lying like lumps in the leaves
14. The repetition of the sound of a vowel in a sentence. This will make words in the sentence sound as if they almost rhyme.
15. Bright, the sun and cool, the water at the beach that day.Choose the correct answer.
16. Uses words in a certain way to convey meaning or to persuade
17. When the narrator is not a character in the story but can explain the perspectives of all characters
18. I'm literally dying of boredom
19. The landlady's house made Billy uncomfortable when he looked through the window.
20. A person who actively opposes or is hostile to someone or something is called what? Examples:Voldemort, Captain Hook, The Joker