Literary Devices Quiz 532 (20 MCQs)

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1. A figure of speech that refers to a well-known story, event, person, song, object, etc., in order to make a comparison in the readers mind.
2. The way the author feels about the writing.
3. Katniss Everdeen from The Hunger Games is which type of character?
4. Giving human characteristics to objects/non-human things
5. Writer's attitude toward his or her subject
6. The attitude the author adapts in regards to the subject, audience, or himself or herself
7. ..... is when the author/writer gives hints/clues about something that is going to happen later on in the text.
8. Which Point of View makes the character the narrator of the story. Reader hears and sees ONLY what the narrator hears and sees.
9. Which of the following is NOT a literary devices
10. Offset! Gon' whip it, intermission, let the birds fly I get money, tunnel vision through my third eyeIn that skillet, watch me flip it like it's Five GuysLook at my pilgrim, check out the ceilin', look at the blue sky
11. A well-painted mental image that appeals to one or more of the five senses is considered ..... ?
12. The quality of a literary or informative work that makes the character and/or situations seem funny, amusing, or ludicrous
13. What is the name of the following literary device? "And filled it full of sofa pillows. To go a-sailing on the billows."
14. The atmosphere of a piece of writing; the emotions the reader feels while reading
15. This type of character is not complex. He or she has only one or two main ideas or emotions.
16. Towering over the other plants, the sunflowers were a fence protecting the petunias.
17. A common expression whose meaning is not predictable from the usual meanings of its constituent elements (the expression has both a literal and figurative meaning within its context).
18. The main character or hero of the story.
19. Craig plays football and shows up at practice every day an hour early to begin his training. What character trait describes Craig?
20. Contrast between expectations and reality