Literary Devices Quiz 470 (20 MCQs)

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1. This is the part of the story that notifies the reader of the story's characters, setting and conflict:
2. Rage, Rage against the dying day is an example of .....
3. Repeated consonant sounds at the ends of words On the top of the step he will tip his cap.
4. Which of the following choices is an example of a metaphor?
5. What is epistrophe?
6. Description or figurative language (visual, auditory, olfactory, kinesthetic, tactile, & gustatory)
7. Hints or clues about what will happen later in the story.
8. A scene in a story that interrupts the action of the story to show an event that happened at an earlier time.
9. A character that adapts, changes, or grows during the course of the story
10. A style of poem written with a consistent rhythm of 10 syllables per line and 5 "heartbeats" per line.
11. Shelly felt relieved. She had finally finished her homework, completed her chores, and written a long-overdue thank you note to her grandmother. Her relief wouldn't last for long, though. Her mother knocked on the bedroom door and walked in.
12. Complete the ANALOGY Socks are to Feet as Gloves are to .....
13. The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning closely connected words.
14. Identify the literary device in the sentence:'The world is a book, and those who do not travel read only a page.'
15. Which literary device references something else?
16. This literary device gives human characteristics to animals or objects.
17. The feeling the reader takes away with him or her after reading is known as the .....
18. Tall Tale
19. Which sentence is written in second person point of view?
20. The true pioneers of democracy were the ancient Greeks. As the article below shows, the men who designed the structure of the U.S. government were heavily influenced by ancient Greek political thought. The democratic form of government they developed was in many ways modeled on ancient Greek democracy. What do you think influence means?