Literary Devices Quiz 466 (20 MCQs)

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1. This is written or spoken language in its ordinary form, without metrical structure:
2. An inanimate object receives human qualities
3. A writer uses to produce a special effect in his writing and to help readers understand his writing on a deeper level.
4. Lauren, normally shy, was nervous and didn't speak during the entire meeting. Her coworker said, "Lauren, if you could stop talking so much I'd really appreciate it."
5. Which of these is an example of Allusion?
6. A word that imitates the natural sounds of a thing.
7. Which is the best example of an onomatopoeia?
8. In "The Gift of the Magi, " what does the man sell to buy his wife a Christmas gift?
9. What is Inferring?
10. Word pair that are opposite in meaning from one another
11. The theme is a lesson learned; the moral of the story.
12. When one thing represents another. For example-the stripes on the flag represent the blood shed of our soldiers
13. A literary device that alludes to, or suggests, a plot point later in the story.
14. What is the paragraph foreshadowing? 'Peter I don't think we should jump out of a plane like this.' Allison relax I'm the King and you're my general. What could go wrong?
15. The Statue of Liberty is an example of a .....
16. You should make every attempt to bury the hatchet.
17. When the sound of a word suggests its meaning
18. A commonly recurring element throughout a work:
19. An author's use of images and symbols to represent other ideas or realities
20. To show how something is DIFFERENT is to