Literary Devices Quiz 423 (20 MCQs)

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1. Why do authors use allusions?
2. A question asked in order to create a dramatic effect or to make a point rather than to get an answer.
3. "The Book Thief had struck for the first time-the beginning of an illustrious career, " is an example of what type of literary device?
4. A mild or indirect word or expression substituted for one considered to be too harsh or blunt when referring to something unpleasant or embarassing
5. "I am all ears" is an example of a .....
6. In a school play, Crystal portrayed a character who was as cunning as a fox. Which literary device is being used in this description?
7. 'Your beauty was a web of delight.' is an example of:
8. My math teacher is he who must not be named.
9. When Elizabeth was brought into the courtroom in Act 3, the audience knew John had already admitted to adultery but she had no idea. This is an example of:
10. Reference to a particular event or character in classical works of literature.
11. The feeling or atmosphere a piece of literature creates in the reader
12. Which sentence has the most energetic tone?
13. Which is NOT an example of a literary device?
14. The use of a word whose sound imitates or suggests its meaning
15. What is a word which imitates the natural sounds of a thing?
16. What is the name of a quote or poem used before a story begins to give context?
17. Which of the following is when the "Author reveals a character to the reader by directly stating a character's traits in the text"
18. Author or speaker's attitude towards the work is: .....
19. Oh! But he was a tight-fisted hand at the grindstone Scrooge!
20. They are one personThey are two aloneThey are three togetherThey are for each other