Literary Devices Quiz 370 (20 MCQs)

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1. When splitting up scenes in a story that is called?
2. What is the purpose of a flashback in a story?
3. Which literary device makes a comparison by calling a person or object by the name of a different object?
4. The time and place in which a story happens.
5. An adjective or adjective phrase applied to a person or thing that is frequently used to emphasize a characteristic quality
6. Which type of imagery is associated with the sense of touch?
7. Miss K is taking a summer class. What is it about?
8. "Erna Schmidt was the exact opposite of her husband-a shy, petite woman, she was sensitive, and not entirely lacking in culture." is an example of what term.
9. What are statistics?
10. How are tone and mood related?
11. Find the hyperbole in the following sentences:
12. A figure of speech commonly used to replace a word or phrase that is related to a concept that might make others uncomfortable.
13. "The air was bitter and bit into her skin." This sentence uses .....
14. The juxtaposition of opposing or contrasting ideas through an obvious contrast in the words, clauses, or sentences, within a parallel grammatical structure.
15. A brief reference to a person, event, place, or thing of historical or literary significance.
16. "No matter how much Peter loved her, what made the Pan refuse to grow is that the Hook brings you back" is an example of?
17. The "all knowing" narrator knows all of the details about events, characters, etc. and reveals them to the reader as the story unfolds.
18. The moon was smiling and the wind was whispering to us.
19. A couple has how many lines .....
20. What is a writer's "tone" ?