Literary Devices Quiz 519 (20 MCQs)

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1. Plays are divided into
2. A contrast between what the character thinks to be true and what we (the readers) know to be true is called ..... ?
3. What are the functions of literary devices?
4. This poetic device uses words with the same first letter to make a powerful effect.
5. Which of these sentences contains a use of personification?
6. What is the emotion or feeling of a poem called?
7. Which Literary Device is in the following sentence:My brother and I were sardines packed in the car for 8 hours.
8. Which of the following is the best definition of onomatopoeia?
9. Repetition of words is referred to as .....
10. The use of hints and clues to suggest what will happen later in a plot. Ex. "Our hero is in a Wild West saloon. The hero walks in and orders a drink. Over in the corner, the bad guy watches him drink. As the hero leaves, the bad guy spits on the floor (what do you think will happen?)."
11. Only one character's thoughts are revealed but the author refers to that character as "he" or "she"
12. Exaggerating to the extreme
13. The repetition of the same sounds at the beginning of words or in a stressed syllable.
14. Chose the literary device in this line."like a terrible fish"
15. Storytelling in which the narrator tells only what one character thinks, feels, and observes. Uses pronouns he, she, they
16. The clock is the keeper of time.
17. A conversation or an event that happened before the beginning of the story.
18. What is this?"She was rich."
19. What is the following an example of ..... "The colors of the rainbow so pretty in the sky ..... are also on the faces of the people passing by. I see friends shaking hands saying how do you do. They're really saying I love you."
20. Language that uses words or expressions with a meaning that is different from the literal interpretation-ex. simile, metaphor