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Literary Devices Quiz 56 (20 MCQs)

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1. Nine ninjas kneaded dough to bake nut-bread.
2. Using part of something to refer to the whole thing is the definition of which term?
3. A question asked merely for rhetorical effect and not requiring an answer
4. Choose the word with the positive connotation. chuckle ..... snicker
5. The character who opposes the main character, hero, or heroine of a literary work.
6. He has been walking for days and days, when he has only been walking for 5 minutes is an example of:
7. There was a deafening silence in the crowd.
8. Charlie was a pig at the dinner table
9. "Charlie gazed hopelessly at the endless pile of bills stretching across the counter." Which type of figurative language?
10. A device where the speaker talks directly to an absent person, living or dead, or even a nonexistent person or thing as if it was capable of understanding.
11. Comparison of two things essentially different but with some commonalities; does not use "like" or "as"
12. The use of humor to criticize or make fun of something serious, such as government or movies
13. Occurs when the readers/audience knows something that some characters in a story/play do not.
14. A statement that is contradicting or opposed to common sense but could be true.
15. The trees touched the sky. This statement is using what form of literary language?
16. What is the purpose of hyperbole in writing?
17. One hot summer day, a weary fox padded down a dusty road, desperate for food and drink. He had traveled for miles without finding so much as a berry to nibble or a puddle of water to sip from. Suddenly, a beautiful aroma filled the air. The fox sniffed and sniffed, his mouth watering in anticipation. Then he looked up. Several feet above him, trailing along a trellis, was a vine full of juicy grapes. The fox jumped up, but he could not reach them. Then he backed up, took a running start, and leaped as high as he could. Still, the grapes remained out of reach. Again and again, he tried, with no success. Finally, exhausted and faint from his efforts, the fox gave up and went on his way. "Oh, well, " he sneered, "no big loss. I could tell those grapes were sour anyway." In this passage, the grapes symbolize-
18. The beach welcomed me as I sat down to read.
19. Words used deliberately to create an emotional impact
20. "sunny June, with the air full of flower scents and the plick-plock of cricket on the pitch." What literary device is used?
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