Literary Devices Quiz 540 (20 MCQs)

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1. And, but, nor, or
2. " She has a heart of gold" is an an example of .....
3. This is the development of the characters in the story.
4. "The cold mud squished beneath my feet and I worried my shoes would get stuck in it" is an example of .....
5. The sun was a furnace today
6. ..... is a figure of speech pairing two words together that are opposing and/or contradictory.
7. Which literary device is shown here?50 hanc simul et legem Rhodopeius accipit heros,
8. Exaggeration is used for emphasis or effect
9. Which literary device is being used in the sentence, "The snowflakes were tiny crystals" ?
10. The use of "I", "me", "mine" in a point of view is considered ..... ?
11. Can you explain the process of summarizing texts and why it's valuable in comprehending and discussing a story?
12. The test was a piece of cake to take!
13. A text in which the apparent meaning of the characters and events is used to symbolize a deeper moral or spiritual meaning
14. What literary device is present in the following quote? "It was in the clove of seasons, summer was dead but autumn had not yet been born, that the ibis lit in the bleeding tree."
15. Which of the following is an example of a TEXT?
16. What makes a comparison between two unlike things, using words such as like, as, than, or resembles.
17. What is this an example of?He is as cold as ice.
18. Falling in love can be a terrible thing.
19. When an author TELLS the reader what the character's personality is
20. A category of artistic composition, as in music or literature, characterized by similarities in form, style, or subject matter. Ex. horror, fantasy, biography, etc.