Literary Devices Quiz 471 (20 MCQs)

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1. The beginning of the story when characters and setting are introduced is called the .....
2. This backpack weighs a ton!
3. The most interesting point in the text or the turning point in the text
4. This is the optional final chapter found at the end of a story, book, or play
5. The events in the story from the beginning to the end.
6. A struggle between two or more forces(ex. Man vs. Nature)
7. The lazy cloud refused to move away from the sun is an example of .....
8. Which of the following is used in the sentence? Mom's plants were dying for a drink of water.
9. Wow, they bicker like cats and dogs!
10. What is the "opposing claim" in an argumentative essay?
11. What is the meaning of this personification? "The raindrops danced on the tabletop."
12. Outside narrator that knows "everything"
13. "And his eyes have all the seeming of a demon's that is dreaming." This phrase refers to the literary device ..... ?
14. Billy goes to Bath for vacation.
15. Which word means to paint a picture with words using literary devices? This often has a musical quality and expresses personal emotions or thoughts.
16. The literal definition of a word.
17. In the middle of the night, the father hears the back door opening. He rushes to check on his kids, but a masked intruder is blocking the way with a knife. is an example of what literary device?
18. This character actively opposes the protagonist. They can either be good or bad.
19. Which figure of speech is represented in "In the morning, the snow was a blanket over the yard" ?
20. Identify the literary device in the sentence 'The trees waved their arms in the wind.'