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Literary Devices Quiz 256 (20 MCQs)

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1. ..... is the use of an object to represent a concept
2. A type of fallacy where things are either BLACK or WHITE. There are no shades of gray.
3. What is the theme of a literary work?
4. Series of events that lead up to the highest point of intensity in the story.
5. Which literary device is shown here? 5 ..... misero quod omnis
6. An author or speaker purposely and obviously exaggerates to an extreme. It is used for emphasis or as a way of making a description more creative and humorous. It is important to note that hyperbole is not meant to be taken literally; the audience knows it's an exaggeration.Example:That suitcase weighs a ton!
7. The repetition of initial consonant sounds used especially in poetry to emphasize and link words as well as to create pleasing, musical sound
8. True or false:a metaphor is a comparison that uses "like" or "as" .
9. A character who illuminates the qualities of another character by means of contrast.
10. Which literary device is used in the sentence:'The wind whispered through the trees'?
11. The man could swim like a
12. ..... have an inherent existence in any given literary piece and are extensively employed by writers to develop a literary piece e.g. plot, setting, narrative structure, characters, mood, theme, moral etc. Writers simply cannot create his desired work without including .....
13. A hint that you expect the other person to understand what you are referring to.
14. The leading character, hero, or heroine of a literary work.
15. A theme that can be found in different texts, often of the same period or culture
16. My car is clean as a whistle
17. This type of sentence simply makes a statement and ends in a period.
18. What literary device is used here? Eve helped Wall-E to try to save the abandoned Earth. (Movie:Wall-E)
19. 'He stood looking up at the ventilator grill in the hall and suddenly remembered that something lay hidden behind the grill, something that seemed to peer down at him now. He moved his eyes quickly away.' (p. 24)
20. What is the meaning of the allusion:She's a decent swimmer, but she's not Ariel.
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