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Literary Devices Quiz 426 (20 MCQs)

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1. Read the passage and determine its text structure! Ansel Bourne was a preacher, carpenter, and most likely an inspiration for the name "Bourne" in the movie and novel series, The Bourne Identity. Up until 1857, Bourne had been a carpenter, until he was called to religion. After 1858, he worked as an evangelical preacher, until 1887. He set up shop in Norristown, Pennsylvania, as a candy maker using the name A.J. Brown. Three months later, he woke up not knowing where he was, with no memory of the previous months. The case of Mr. Bourne has fascinated psychologists, and some film makers, for years.
2. How is repetition used in Horror?
3. A pilot has a fear of heights is an example of ..... (how can a person who flies fear heights?!)
4. A feeling or atmosphere a writer creates for the reader
5. The main character of the story is faced with an important decision that could change his life entirely. Which type of conflict is shown?
6. Multimodal textCombination of two or more communication modes (for example, print, image and spoken text, as in film or computer presentations).
7. "Guys are messy and unclean, but are really hard workers." is an example of .....
8. My new phone? Oh, that fell off the back of a truck.
9. A character's incentive or reason for acting in a certain manner
10. The time, place and atmosphere in which the story takes place
11. A figure of speech comparing two unlike things that have something in common-without using "like" or "as"
12. A struggle between a character and another character, the environment, or society.
13. You see a cat chasing a large dog across the yard.
14. "The lightning danced across the sky" is an example of this literary device.
15. I reached down to pick up the shards of glass around Ester's bare feet. She didn't move, but her tension was like the skin on the bright, tiny beads of blood. I curse, and, like an idiot, grabbed at a piece of glass. It pierced my thumb like a knife.
16. "As a doctor, I am qualified to tell you that this course of treatment will likely generate the best results."
17. The mental and emotional disposition of an author towards the subject matter they are writing about.
18. What literary device is being used in the sentence 'The stars whispered secrets to me'?
19. What is the attitude of the writer called?
20. A type of irony in which what is expected to happen and what actually happens are not the same.
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