Literary Devices Quiz 111 (20 MCQs)

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1. The boy believed black birds bite.
2. "A study by the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in 2006 found that 23.5 percent of high schools offered fast food from places like Pizza Hut and Taco Bell" (The New York Times).
3. If nomenclature is
4. The character Pollyanna, from Eleanor Porter's children's book, is a young girl who finds good in everything and everyone. What is the meaning of the allusion in the sentence below? "Tess is such a Pollyanna!" Liam announced with a sigh.
5. Rational, reasonable, analytical, cogent.
6. The dog's fur was as black as
7. The repetition of beginning sounds in a sentence is a(n)
8. Connotation means the second definition in the dictionary.
9. 'Sister Anna, who frighten me with suspended insomnia!
10. The series of related events in a story or play
11. What is the term for a common saying that is understood in one language but cannot literally be translated into another language?
12. HAPPENS NEAR THE END OF A STORY AFTER THE CLIMAX AND RESOLUTION OF A MAJOR CONFLICT.
13. What is writing or speech that is not meant to be taken literally?
14. What is the meaning of the allusion?We do serious work in the classroom; it's not a Mickey Mouse Club in here!
15. An indirect or passing reference to a person, place, or thing (usually in literature)
16. The owl laughed into the darkness. What type of figurative language is used?
17. The conflict in the story between a character and an OUTSIDE force such as nature, technology, or another character.
18. The central idea in a piece of literature; what a writer wishes to reveal or teach about a subject (should be in the form of a statement).
19. The main idea or underlying meaning of a literary work
20. Choose the sentence that uses euphemism.