Literary Devices Quiz 410 (20 MCQs)

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1. Example:In the movie, Jaws, when a young man is laying on a float in the ocean, and the camera angle is shown underwater getting closer to his legs with intense music playing in the background, this would be an example of what?
2. The contrast between what a character in a story knows about a situation and what readers or viewers know about it
3. Which literary genre often includes a story within a story, where a main narrative serves as a framework for other smaller stories?
4. "The hum of a thousand bees" is an example of
5. Literary devices are also called .....
6. Which literary device is being used in the following sentence:'The world is a stage, we are merely players.'?
7. What does symbolism mean?
8. The leaves danced in the wind.
9. Which device is defined as the continuation of a sentence or phrase from one line of poetry to the next?
10. A suggested comparison between two unlike objects
11. The same letter sounds are used at the beginning or end of the word.
12. Which means "a system or organization in which people or groups are ranked one above the other according to status or authority?"
13. When words that START with the same sound are used repeatedly in a sentence, it is called .....
14. Read the passage and determine its text structure! The term Amnesia refers to complete or partial memory loss. Almost all of us will experience some form of Amnesia in our lives, even if it's just a simple case of verbal amnesia, like forgetting someone's name. Fortunately, there are things that you can do to prevent amnesia. Here is a list of foods that you can eat to improve your memory:almonds, walnuts, bananas, honey, apples, and black pepper. Though these foods may not reverse post-traumatic amnesia, they should improve your memory in daily life if you eat them regularly enough.
15. The definition of foreshadowing is:
16. An ..... is his/her reason for or intent in writing.
17. (n.) a feeling or attitude expressed by the words that someone uses in speaking or writing
18. The author builds anticipation and anxiety for what is to come:
19. She thought back to when she was young and life was simple .....
20. The book The Lord of the Flies can be considered an allegory. An allegory can best be defined as .....