Literary Devices Quiz 141 (20 MCQs)

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1. A play on words involving a word with 2 or more different meanings or 2 words that sound alike and have different meetings.
2. I was as busy as a ..... as I rushed to complete my homework.
3. "My hand hurts so much it's going to drop off." Is an example of a .....
4. The theme is the underlying
5. In fiction, this is the narrator's attitude toward the text. In non-fiction, this is the author's/speaker's attitude toward his subject.
6. " ..... the only phrase of which I caught was ' ..... erected an absolute morphodite in that yard! Atticus, you'll never raise 'em!'"-TKAM, Ch 8
7. "The score was four to two, with no more innings left to play."
8. Which sentence is written in 3rd person?
9. Hiss!
10. "Nature's first green is gold" (1)
11. Which type of characterization best describes the quote below: "But I am so much more than that! I am a musician, and a swimmer, and a person able to make my own decisions."
12. "I dive into the stream of fourth-period lunch students and swim down the hall to the cafeteria" (7)
13. And Winnie, looking down, saw hostsof tiny insects skittering and skatingon the surface
14. Details the author gives to help the reader predict future events
15. A character who provides a striking contrast to a main character
16. The character who works against the main character
17. The use of exaggeration for effect is called .....
18. The ..... verb mood expresses an action under a certain condition
19. When the narrator only knows the thoughts and feelings of ONE character, but is not that character, what is the POV?
20. The use of informal words, phrases or even slang in a piece of writing.