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Literary Devices Quiz 495 (20 MCQs)

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1. A use of obvious exaggeration for rhetorical effect.
2. In the story A Christmas Carol, by Charles Dickens, a penny-pinching and bitter Ebenezer Scrooge values money more than people.What is the meaning of the allusion in the sentence below?Our neighbor has a reputation for being a Scrooge, so we don't even stop at his door any more when we're fundraising.
3. Which literary device creates suspense and highlights something that will be important later?
4. The Cyclops ate the men "still wriggling, the way a cat eats a grasshopper ..... "(8)
5. The phrase 'the world is a stage' is an example of .....
6. Flat
7. The use of components in a sentence that are grammatically the same or similar in their construction, sound, or meaning.
8. Compares two objects by using "like" or "as"
9. Words or phrases that appeal to any of the five senses.
10. What figurative language is used in this sentence?"The boy was a statue when the train passed him by"
11. When words or phrases are repeated in a literary work
12. What type of figurative language is a comparison between two unlike things using LIKE or AS?
13. An account of a conversation or action that happened before the beginning of the story or at an earlier point
14. A comparison using "like" or "as" (velut, similis)
15. My fellow Americans, ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country.
16. Explain Logos in the context of rhetorical devices.
17. The time, place, and period in which the action takes place in the story
18. Her fragrance was very strong. What sense does this describe?
19. A character who sets off another character by contrast is called a .....
20. Which figure of speech is represented in "I told you that a million times" ?
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