Literary Devices Quiz 350 (20 MCQs)

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1. The reader is told exactly what the character is like.
2. What is deduction?
3. "Give much, give often, give freely." Which literary device is used here?
4. The use of an object or word to represent an abstract idea
5. "Chester shook the silver bell furiously like a fire alarm."
6. "Inciting incident" refers to .....
7. The rebels raised a white flag to negotiate.
8. The attitude a writer takes toward the reader, a subject or a character
9. He thumped slowly down the hallway like a rhinoceros approaching a watering hole.
10. Which of the following is not an example of a literary device?
11. A group of words in a poem-sentence.
12. Robert Frost's poem "The Road Not Taken" has a direct meaning that makes it seem like Robert Frost was just out for a walk.
13. An over-exaggeration. For example:I was standing in line forever.
14. I can still feel the icy chill of panic that hit me when I realized I was trapped.
15. In the meantime the sky begins with a great murmur of confusion, followed by a cloud mixed with hail, and the Counts of Tyria here and there, and the Trojan youth, and the grandson of Venus, fleeing in fear through the various fields; rivers rush down from the mountains. What literary device is found in line 160?
16. Usually the most intense point in a story ..... Aseries of struggles build a story orplay toward this
17. Which word indicates a tone of happiness to the following sentence:Bouncing into the room, she lit up the vicinity with a joyous glow on her face as she told about her fiance and their wedding plans.
18. Type of poem typically set to music. Consists of stanzas that contain quatrains.
19. He is like a mouse in front of the teacher. What is this an example of?
20. The life lesson or moral emphasized and shown through the text. What is the author stating about a certain topic?