Literary Devices Quiz 424 (20 MCQs)

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1. The heir aired his assent to marry a lass who had his heart.
2. The throngs unleashed, the ladies shopped for shoes.
3. These are common structures in writing that make up the components of literature. We use these devices to help us interpret and analyze literary works.
4. What is character motive?
5. Two consecutive lines of verse with end rhyme; expresses a complete unit of thought.
6. What literary device was used in the following example, "A cold wind rushed up the staircase."
7. "She had a very thin face like the dial of a small clock seen faintly in a dark room in the middle of a night."
8. "It was the color of flaming bronze and it was very large. And the sky around it was a blazing blue tile color. "
9. Device that spells out the way a sound would be spelled or appear in writing
10. "The student is a star", is an example of .....
11. The denotation of the word "home" is a place where someone lives.
12. Splash! Boom! Bang! Whoosh!
13. Don't act like a Romeo in front of her.
14. What is it called when an author uses a scene that interrupts and takes the narrative back in time?
15. What is the ending, where everything is wrapped up and the questions are answered called?
16. "There's a letter for you." "For me?" Jackson was pleased. He didn't get that much mail. "Where?" "On the coffee table." The envelope was pink. There were yellow roses on the flap. His name and address were in pencil. There was nothing to indicate danger. What context clues told us that he was unsure about the letter?
17. The deliberate downplay of a situation to create humor or special effects
18. Example:They roam the lonesome roads and never go home.
19. Fresh fried fish, Fish fresh fried, Fried fish fresh, Fish fried fresh.
20. When Caesar leaves out "esse" after a fourth principal part, he is using the literary device called