Literary Devices Quiz 102 (20 MCQs)

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1. A comparison of two unlike things using the word "like" or "as"
2. ..... is used to mock with satirical remarks to amuse and hurt someone or some section of society.
3. The feeling or "vibe" an author tries to set/create in a work through certain words or descriptions:
4. Which literary device is used in the following sentence:'The bees buzzed around the flowers'?
5. Select the incorrect use of an apostrophe.
6. Heather is worried that her new hair cut doesn't look very good.
7. During a school play, Nora said, 'Oliver's smile was as bright as the sun.' Which literary device is being used in this sentence?
8. Where the narrator tells the story to another character using the word 'you.'
9. A character in conflict with the protagonist
10. Diction is
11. Something that repeats over and over
12. "Metal ground against metal; a lurching shudder shook the floor beneath him. He fell down at the sudden movement and shuffled backward on his hands and feet, drops of sweat beading on his forehead despite the cool air. His back struck a hard metal wall"
13. EXAMPLE:A tree might represent growth and life, while a desert represent emptiness or isolation.
14. What literary device is being used to describe the painting with the vivid reds and mellow greens and the feeling of the salt air on your skin?
15. Writing Starting, end Lyrical sounds Effervescent vowels go up Writing starting, end.
16. ..... is the repetition of beginning consonant sounds.
17. When an author indirectly hints at-through things such as dialogue, description, or characters' actions-what's to come later on in the story.
18. This is an example of which literary device? You try to scream but terror takes the sound before you make itYou start to freeze as horror looks you right between the eyes
19. What is the meaning of the following simile? "as hungry as a bear recently awakened from hibernation"
20. The thoughts, beliefs, or feelings of the characters are revealed through his/her own actions, words, physical description, thoughts or even other character's opinions of him/her.