Literary Devices Quiz 493 (20 MCQs)

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1. The train slowed to a crawl.
2. When the narrator is all knowing .....
3. "He was following his brother around like a lost puppy"
4. "This town is colder now, I think it's sick of us." -OneRepublic What is this an example of?
5. Christina rubbed her lucky rabbit's foot before the big test.
6. What uses symbols to signify ideas and qualities, by giving them meanings that are different from their literal sense.
7. She is a cheetah on the race track.
8. Something happens that contradicts what the audience or reader expects.
9. A comparison between two unlike things using words such as like, as, resembles or than
10. Which matches the definition of tone?
11. A vaccine is a preparation of killed or weakened germs that is injected under the skin and causes the blood to produce antibodies against the disease. Effective vaccines, for instance, have been developed for small pox, rabies, and polio. What is the tone of the passage?
12. The feeling or attitude the reader receives from the characters.
13. What is the following an example of ..... "Make me your radio, turn me up when you feel low ..... "
14. When the writer establishes similar patterns of grammatical structure and length
15. A description of an object or action that is not literal.
16. Which figurative language is this an example of:The bathroom was as clean as a whistle.
17. "After the long run, he collapsed in the grass with tired and burning muscles. The grass tickled his skin and sweat cooled on his brow."
18. The NAACP's sit-in was a great way to get people to think.
19. How do the marionettes represent the characters' desires?
20. "The trees listened to the rumbling beneath the volcano's surface" is an example of .....