Literary Devices Quiz 506 (20 MCQs)

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1. Themes are .....
2. Words that sound similar to the sound they are describing
3. Transform the following simile into a metaphor:You, with your words like knives
4. What point of view comes from the perspective of a character and uses the pronouns "I", "we", or "us" ?
5. When we refer to this, we are staying that something occurs very rarely
6. What literary device is used? "Your name is longer than you are."
7. This device could present itself as:cheerful, excited, inspired, motivated, fearful, hopeful, or nostalgic
8. How can an author create a slow-paced narrative?
9. Putting two very different ideas, objects, characters, etc. together for compare and contrast purposes.
10. "Hello darkness, my old friend I've come to talk with you again ..... " (Paul Simon, The Sounds of Silence). Identity the literary device
11. "The big sycamore by the creek was gone. The willow tangle was gone. The little enclave of untrodden bluegrass was gone. The clump of dogwood on the little rise across the creek-now that, too, was gone ..... " is an example of:
12. Clouds are like frisky puppies.
13. Plot Elements:the part of the story's plot where the main problem is resolved or worked out. Follows the falling action.
14. The automobile is as fast as my pick-up truck.
15. A statement that contradicts itself is the definition of which term?
16. Identify the correct literary device/technique: "She is as blind as a bat."
17. A persuasive technique used in speaking of writing to make someone agree with you.
18. "Socialist Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) continued her longstanding pattern of not understanding how things work." is an example of .....
19. What does Suspense mean?
20. I threw on an old sweater, shirt, and pants, and ran to breakfast. What is the phrase in blue?