Literary Devices Quiz 455 (20 MCQs)

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1. Calling out to an imaginary, dead, or absent person, or to a place or thing, or a personified abstract idea
2. What is an account of person's life that is written by another person?
3. This is where and when a story takes place.
4. "Beating around the bush" "Raining cats and dogs"
5. What is a reference to a well-known person, place, thing, or event that the writer assumes the reader will be familiar with?
6. The article "A Capsule for Love" starts: "Insert coins, turn the knob, and ..... ta-da!" This is an example of:
7. Which of these is a type of alliteration?
8. Repetition is the repeats of the same words or phrases to make an idea clearer.
9. The use of the word y'all is an example of .....
10. Types of literary work
11. Which of the following means: "deeply upset and agitated?"
12. An abstract idea or ideas that dominate a literary work; the message the author wants to convey.
13. John is a doctor working against the clock to find a cure for a disease that is threatening the human race. Despite all odds, he meets the challenge. John is the
14. Krista sighed, "I'm drowning in an ocean of worksheets. I'll never get this done."
15. I felt strong enough to take on the world!
16. A literary device that combines two contradictory or opposite words to create a new meaning.
17. Which literary device is used in the sentence 'Mark is a ghost around his roommates. They never see him!'?
18. I am a type of sound device where sounds like BANG! POP! or POW!
19. 'The jet bombers going over, going over, going over, one two, one two, one two, six of them, nine of them, twelve of them, one and one and one and another and another and another, did all the screaming for him.' (p. 11)
20. Which pair of devices include the use of comparison?