Literary Devices Quiz 436 (20 MCQs)

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1. Choose the sentence that is correct.
2. The line "In this land of milk and honey" uses which literary device?
3. ABAB word order
4. The feeling or vibe created in the reader by the author's choices in what and how to write; created through diction and story elements like setting, narration, and plot
5. A short piece of nonfiction that expresses the writer's opinion or shares information about a subject.
6. What does "Structure" NOT include?
7. Bob is such a couch potato.
8. What is the best example of foreshadowing below:
9. A student stays up all night studying for a test but sleeps through their alarm, missing the test
10. During a class trip to a bakery, Valeria and Victor noticed a particular scent. 'The aroma of freshly baked bread filled the air', Victor commented. Which literary device is Victor using in his statement?
11. When the opposite of what happened actually happens, like a TWIST in the story.
12. 5th grade is a breeze for some people. For others, it's a giant earthquake.
13. "We were partners, not soul mates, two separate people who happened to be sharing a menu and a life." What type of literary device is this an example of?
14. "Whoosh"
15. "The place was like a witch's kitchen!"
16. A kind and gentle way of saying something harsh is a .....
17. This is a short, introductory section that provides background information for a play or novel
18. Her hair was a mop of yarn, tangled in the back and frizzy in the front.
19. Characterization through the character's dialogue or actions
20. They struggled over boulders, crevices and unscalable precipices.