Literary Devices Quiz 465 (20 MCQs)

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1. The general feeling or atmosphere a piece of writing created
2. Occurs when what happens is very different from what we expected wouldhappen
3. A description of taste/touch/smell/sight/sound
4. The central idea or message in a work of literature.
5. These are series of events in the story which have a causal relationship with eachother.
6. A conflict within a character's own mind/heart
7. "My jacket, that green ugly brother who breathed over my shoulder" is an example of which literary device?
8. This is an example of which literary device? Life is a highwayI wanna ride it all night long
9. What do the Christian characters in the play embody?
10. "Past the ghosts of evergreens."
11. Clues that suggest events that have yet to occur
12. True or False:Common nouns are always capitalized.
13. An organizational device used in literature to create expectation or to set up an explanation of later developments.
14. All the methods used by an author to develop a character.
15. "Much Madness is divinest Sense-/ To a discerning Eye-/ Much Sense-the starkest Madness-/ 'Tis the Majority"
16. Schools should require students to wear uniforms on a daily basis due to the fact that students will experience less peer pressure, parents will spend less money on clothing, and schools will see a reduction of violence between students.
17. One bite of the sour lemon caused my lips to pucker.
18. What literary device do these lines use:Ontario cannot competewith the Northwest in raising wheat.
19. In "The Gift of the Magi, " what does the woman sell to buy her husband a gift?
20. When a word refers totally a different meaning than its original meaning.