Literary Devices Quiz 464 (20 MCQs)

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1. The main character in a text is also known as the .....
2. "Bow, wow"
3. A story that is used to represent a more general message about real-life (historical) issues and/or events.
4. After the walk through the desert, Kim's tongue felt dry as a bone. What are the words in blue an example of?
5. When words are used to imitate the sound they are/actually make.
6. Words that rhyme inside a line a poetry
7. A comparison made between two items, situations, or ideas that are somewhat alike but unlike in most respects.
8. "One of them slid down into your stomach like a black cobra down an echoing well looking for all the old water and the old time gathered there."
9. The pencil jumped off the table
10. A / An ..... is a figure of speech in which a speaker directly addresses someone (or something) that is not present or cannot respond in reality.
11. The calm before the storm
12. What literary device is used to create a mental image by using words that appeal to the senses?
13. Which of the following choices is an example of a hyperbole?
14. Imagine you're watching a movie and suddenly a scene from the past pops up in the present. That's called a flash back, right?
15. Which type of figurative language uses words that sound like what they mean, such as "hiss, " "buzz, " "slam, " and "boom"
16. Foreshadowing refers to events that happened in the past
17. Which would be the most effective concluding sentence?
18. Person v. PersonPerson v. NaturePerson v. SocietyPerson v. MachinePerson v. Supernatural
19. What literary device is being used in the sentence 'The rose is a symbol of love'?
20. Having a dove represent the idea of peace is an example of