Literary Devices Quiz 369 (20 MCQs)

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2. In "The Seventh Man, " which statement best summarizes what happens in theweeks following K.'s death?
3. What is the term for the perspective on events of the narrator or a particular character in a story?
4. He is as ugly as sin.This is an example of which literary device?
5. ..... is/are comprised of rising action, falling action, and climax.
6. "Hello darkness, my old friend I've come to talk with you again ..... " (Paul Simon, The Sounds of Silence)
7. Directly compares two seemingly unlike things without using like or as
8. The person or character who actually tells the story, filling in the background information and bridging the gaps between dialogue. (See Point of View.)
9. Definition of Personification
10. "The stone was cool and frictionless under his fingers, like hardened silk."
11. A line that has five metrical feet each containing stressed and unstressed syllables.
12. This is a good example of alliteration: "For every failure the French also celebrated fantastic success"
13. Addressing an unseen entity.
14. Foreshadowing:Yes or No Luis shouted, "Mr. Sims, don't open that door! Who knows what could be behind it?"
15. What is not an example of anthropomorphism.
16. Which literary device is used in the sentence 'Both girls had curly hair, blue eyes, and ready smiles'?
17. When giving a human characteristic to an animal, object, or idea.
18. Read the quote and determine if it is direct characterization or indirect characterization: "He glanced at her face-her eyes, which were honey brown, and her nose, which crinkled when she smiled."
19. 'Go slow over the road' is .....
20. The perspective from which the writer tells the story (1st, 2nd, 3rd person; omniscient, limited omniscient