Literary Devices Quiz 338 (20 MCQs)

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1. Introduces the setting, the characters and the basic situation.
2. Macbeth laments about a "fruitless crown" and a "barren scepter." Where are these frustrations rooted?
3. The repetition of sound at the ends of words; often found in poetry.
4. When you use the words "like" or "as" in comparing two seemingly unrelated things, you are using what literary device?
5. The stage of a story's plot in which the author provides important background information about the setting and characters
6. What does the myth Pandora's Box explain about humans living on earth?
7. Finding Nemo is an example of .....
8. The least common point-of-view stories are told from .....
9. "He is older than dirt." What does that mean?
10. What is the literary device used to create a sense of surprise or humor by stating the opposite of what is expected?
11. Which literary device is this:the weather is so bad, it's raining cats and dogs
12. Where animals, inanimate objects, or non-human things are portrayed as people, by walking, talking, or being given arms, legs, facial features, human movements
13. Which of these groups of words are onomatopoeic?
14. "The students roughly seized the girl" is an example of
15. Stores that feature characters like Cinderella exist in many cultures around the world. Cinderella is a(n)
16. A kind of metaphor in which a nonhuman thing or quality is talked about as if it were human
17. What is this an example of?A fire station catching on fire.
18. Play on words when words have more than one meaning
19. When the author reveals the character's personality through their actions or speech
20. President Snow from The Hunger Games is an example of which type of character?