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Literary Devices Quiz 152 (20 MCQs)

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1. Which of the following sentences is an example of Metonymy?
2. What is the connotation of the word 'snake'?
3. While reading a novel, you come across a sentence where the author subtly refers to the 'Titanic disaster' without explicitly mentioning it. This technique used by the author is a brief and indirect reference to a historical event. The author only refers to the concept and the reader is expected to know it or research it.
4. What is the literary device used to exaggerate for emphasis or dramatic effect?
5. Definition-a statement that contradicts itself, or that must be both true and untrue at the same time. They are quirks in logic that demonstrate how our thinking sometimes goes haywire, even when we use perfectly logical reasoning to get there. They at least sound reasonable. They're not obvious nonsense, and it's only upon consideration that we realize their self-defeating logic. Example- "A Chinese folk tale tells of a blacksmith who created the best armor and weapons in the world. He once created a spear that could pierce any object. He then created a shield that could deflect any attack. When a young boy asked him what would happen if he tried to pierce the shield with the spear, the blacksmith realized he could not answer. Because of this story, the Chinese character for " ..... " is a spear next to a shield."
6. The struggle takes place within the mind of the character
7. Aiden, Ava, and Jackson are having a debate. They are trying to figure out what the main idea or message in a piece of writing is called. Can you help them out?
8. What does the following passage from "Lob's Girl" foreshadow?The village was approached by a narrow, steep, twisting hill-road, and guarded by a notice that said LOW GEAR FOR 1 1/2 MILES, DANGEROUS TO CYCLISTS.
9. What literary device is used?"The historian loves reading about bobcats. They are lynx to the past."
10. This is the perception of life or human nature that is the main idea of a work of literature.
11. Which literary device is a saying that is widely used among speakers of a certain language with a figurative meaning different from its literal meaning?
12. This is an example of which literary device? The screen door slams, Mary's dress swaysLike a vision she dances across the porch, as the radio playsRoy Orbison singing for the lonely
13. Onomatopoia is a word formed using
14. A message that is directly stated or is immediately obvious to the reader
15. Reasons behind a character's actions
16. Free-Verse
17. Which literary device is employed in the sentence: "The child is father of the man." (William Wordsworth)
18. A comparison of two unlike things without using like or as. He was a bear in the the goal.
19. Some students sing silly songs on Saturday.
20. Seeing seashells side by side sadly stopped her.
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