Literary Devices Quiz 321 (20 MCQs)

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1. What is the leading character in the story called?
2. His girlfriend and his hopes for all future happiness walked out of the dance and into the rain.
3. What is this an example of?The bonfire hissed and cracked.
4. A scene in a narrative work that interrupts the present action of the plot to "flash backward" and tell what happened at an earlier time
5. At his confirmation, Mark's father gave him a wooden cross that had been hand-carved by his great-grandfather. He said that he always found comfort in the cross, and hoped that Mark would too.
6. This is the main character, characterized by "goodness"
7. Pretty princesses prancing is an example of alliteration
8. What is the purpose of irony as a literary device?
9. Macbeth kills King .....
10. Which war is taking place during the story?
11. A type of dramatic irony where what is meant is different to what is said (sarcasm is a mild form).
12. "A few miles south of Soledad, the Salinas river drops in close to the hillside bank and runs deep and green." What literary device is used?
13. "HIC, Dolopum manus, HICsaevus tendebat Achilles:classibus HIC locus, HIC aciecertare solebant"
14. Let it go, let it go, and I'll rise like the break of dawn
15. The author directly states a character's traits and personality
16. ..... is a brief and indirect reference to a person, place, thing or idea of historical, cultural, literary or political significance
17. Fog The fog comes on little cat feet. It sits looking over harbor and city on silent haunches and then moves on.
18. "The street lamp flickering opposite shone on a quiet and deserted road."
19. The vehicle (person, animal, creation) that moves the story forward.
20. Which of the following is NOT a metaphor