Literary Devices Quiz 487 (20 MCQs)

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1. Which literary term is showcased in the following quote:I traced my fingers along the gold-colored stitching on the borders.
2. This refers to the central or main idea of a story .....
3. What literary device is present below? The Chromebook died because it lost its charge.
4. When a character goes back to an earlier time:
5. Down at street level another poster, torn at one corner, flapped fitfully in the wind, alternately covering and uncovering the single word INGSOC.
6. Which word repeats the beginning consonant sounds in words?
7. A comparison of two different things or ideas using the words like or as, for example the moon was as white as milk.
8. An open clash between two or more forces is known as:
9. What story is this from? "There is no greater bore than perfection."
10. Definition-Uses words that sound like their meaning, or mimic sounds. Example-Zap! The lightning struck the telephone pole.
11. Identify a more vivid way to write the verb in the following sentence:The teacher walked through the quad during lunch.
12. Kills Macbeth
13. Visually descriptive or figurative language; painting pictures through effective writing
14. Which of the following is NOT true regarding symbols?
15. Giving human qualities to objects
16. Name the literary device here:Well, it's ten acres with a windmill. Got a little shack on with a chicken run. Got a kitchen, orchard, cherries, apples, peaches, apricots, a few nuts, got a few berries. There's a place for alfalfa and plenty of water to flood it.
17. Repetition of the same or similar consonant sounds in words that are close together
18. Figurative language to evoke a sensory experience or create a picture with words for a reader. / Figurative language to evoke a sensory experience or create an image with words for a reader.
19. What is the inciting incident of a story?
20. Identify the literary device in the sentence:'The clock ticked and the door creaked.'