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Literary Devices Quiz 268 (20 MCQs)

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1. The rain was pouring steadily down, as the thunder started to increase in volume. The soccer players were evacuated from the field and the weather started to increase in its intensity. When the rain started to slow down and the sun started to shine, the game was able to continue on. "I'm so glad we are able to finish our game, " the captain said. The team won 5-2 and it was a victorious day in the end.
2. A character opposes (fights against) another character.
3. What is exaggeration for effect?
4. An introduction to a piece of writing by establishing the characters, setting, plot, and conflict.
5. This is an example of what kind of literary device:"My whole body went numb when I slipped and fell into the freezing cold river."
6. Combining two sentences into one compound sentence to show that two ideas are connected and of equal importance
7. "Time flies like an arrow." This sentence is an example of:
8. The beginning of a story where the characters, the setting, and the problem (conflict) are introduced
9. She sold sea shells down by the sea shore.
10. A comparison between two unlike things without the use of the words like or as.
11. Joe's boots crunched through the hard packed snow and broke the forest's silence.The word "crunched" is an example of .....
12. A character, Nicki, is friendly. The author shows this by having Nicki sit down at a lunch table with a group of kids she doesn't know and introduce herself. What is the author using to show Nicki's trait?
13. A literary device in which the writer or speaker refers either directly or indirectly to a person, event, or thing in history or to a work of art or literature.
14. Which of the examples below accurately describe:symbols of the U.S. and China.
15. Suspense is usually at the beginning of a story and builds through the rising action.
16. "I didn't do that. Never in a billon years."
17. Near miss
18. The use of informal language and slang.
19. Logos
20. In the movie, "Toy Story", human characters in the movie are not aware that the toys speak and move but the audience is. Which type of irony is represented in this situation?
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