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Literary Devices Quiz 18 (20 MCQs)

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1. Before the 1800's people didn't have right or left shoes. They had shoes of just one shape that they used for both feet. When people first saw right and left shoes, they laughed. They called them "crooked shoes." "What a silly idea, " they said. You can tell that shoes before 1800:
2. "Every Swan I've seen is white, therefore all swans are white" is an example of which fallacy?
3. Central idea of a work of literature (moral or message)
4. Which literary device is used in the sentence:'The silence was deafening'?
5. As he waited for the water to fill, Andy listened at the bathroom door, imagining the tepid water turning to steam and warming his iceberg body.
6. Recurring subject, theme, idea, etc.
7. How does a literary analysis claim differ from a summary of a story?
8. Descriptive or figurative language in a literary work ; the use of language to create sensory impressions
9. Any communication between two characters-generally spoken out loud-is known as-?
10. Who is Clarisse's character foil?
11. A long, uninterrupted speech given by a character who is alone onstage to himself or the audience.
12. "Pair/Fair", "mad/glad", "sigh/ride"
13. Whoosh! The bucket of water spilled everywhere.
14. A comparison of two things without using the words "like" or "as"
15. A type of music, story, or music
16. In the poem, "ribbons" Woodson describes her hair ribbons and writes that the ribbons are, "eager to anchor us to childhood" What literary device is she using here?
17. The author simply tells the reader what the character's personality is.
18. The comparison of two unlike things by saying one is like the other, usually accompanied by like or as
19. When the audience understands something about a character's actions or an event but the other characters do not.
20. What is this the definition of? Repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words that are close to each other
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