Literary Devices Quiz 376 (20 MCQs)

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1. What is the literary device used to give human characteristics to non-human entities?
2. Conjoined contradictory terms is the definition of which term?
3. Example:Gosh, he is romantic; quite the Romeo!
4. A seemingly contradictory statement
5. EXAMPLE:The night was a blanket of darkness.
6. The feeling created in the reader by a literary work
7. An often repeated phrase, name, or idea is called a
8. This marks the place in a literary work that is the most significant to the main character and/or the plot is the .....
9. The time, place, and circumstances in which a story occur is called
10. Hissing steam and squeaking metal
11. Identify the correct literary device:Paula planted the pretty pink poppies in the pot.
12. Comparison using like or as. Ex:She is as blind as a bat.
13. A brief remark in which a character expresses private thoughts to the audience
14. Mark's voice is velvet.
15. What is science fiction?
16. Which literary devices hints at something that will happen later in the text?
17. A hint about events to come (usually bad ones)
18. Comparing two or more things using "like" or "as"
19. The turning point of a story
20. A person's account of his or her life