Literary Devices Quiz 55 (20 MCQs)

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1. One or two main traits, usually only all positive or negative. They are the opposite of a round character. The flaw or strength has its use in the story.
2. What literary device can include memories, dreams, or stories of the past?
3. When the audience knows more than the characters do
4. Man vs. man, man vs. self, man vs. society, man vs. nature, and man vs. fate are types of
5. What would be the best way to verify the statement below? Joliet is the 6th largest city in Illinois?
6. Thwack Buzz Woosh
7. "The sun smiled down on us."
8. A comparison using "like" or "as" between two things.
9. It's hot and it's monotonous.
10. When something entirely different happens from what audience may be expecting
11. What is the following an example of ..... "You've got a smile that could light up this whole town."
12. A piece of writing that begins in the middle of the action
13. During a debate, Arjun made a statement, 'I've told you a million times not to exaggerate!' What figure of speech is Arjun using for emphasis or dramatic effect?
14. In the poem, "gifted" what does Jackie mean when she writes she wants to "catch words one day and hold them in her hands."
15. 1) Old Marley was as dead as a door nail.
16. "His heart is as black as the night" What literary device can you spot here?
17. Why is satire used?
18. The opposite is meant of what someone said.
19. When words stimulate one or more of the five senses
20. A repeated element that has symbolic significance through repetition. It can help produce theme or mood (example-references to light and darkness in Romeo and Juliet)