Literary Devices Quiz 452 (20 MCQs)

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1. What type of figurative language is an old saying that offers advice?
2. "we cannot dedicate-we cannot consecrate-we cannot hallow-this ground"
3. A type of figurative language that exaggerates the situation such as "I'm so hungry I could eat a horse."
4. The concluding action of a classical tragedy containing the resolution of the plot
5. A man tries to survive in the wild after his plan crashes and he is wandering lost in the woods for 2 months
6. The Warners welcomed William and Wendy into their home.
7. The movie Cars is a film that is full of this literary device
8. Why are literary devices important to have in a story?
9. Part B:Which line from the poem supports the answer to Part A?
10. Is the poem, " The snake trying " written like a free verse?
11. If you want peace, you must prepare for war.
12. A statement that represents something as better or worse than it really is.
13. "A political victory, a rise of rents, the recovery of your sick or the return of your absent friend, or some other quite external event raises your spirits, and you think good days are preparing for you." The words in BLUE are an example of
14. When words that rhyme within the lines of a poem and not necessarily at the end of each line, this type of rhyme is present.
15. When characters, objects, or events have an abstract, or figurative meaning (stand for something else), it is called .....
16. The AUTHORS attitude toward something
17. In the phrase 'The mountains are sleeping giants', which literary device is being used?
18. What type of literary device is found in the following quite: "Not the way you can tell with Rachel and Lucy who have the same fat popsicle lips like everybody else in their family" (17).
19. What does melancholy mean?
20. Which literary device is used in the following sentence:'The wind whispered through the trees'?