Literary Devices Quiz 275 (20 MCQs)

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1. Battle-Cry
2. Her smile revealed teeth, the pale yellow of a full moon-Imagery
3. The baby shattered my eardrums with his non-stop crying.
4. The background information we receive as the story progresses.
5. Definition:words with sounds that imitate the meaning of what they are describing, i.e. "boom" or "splash"
6. The literary device, Setting, means .....
7. The song of the birds and the guitar
8. (n.) the fact of being similar in development or form
9. Neil was hiking through the forest one day when, out of nowhere, a rabid wolf appeared. It lunged at him, teeth bared. Neil used his hiking stick to repel the wolf, who then ran away. What is the resolution of this conflict?
10. The elephant is a large grey mountain.
11. When we see the story through a particular character's view
12. THE PAPER WAS AS HARD AS A ..... (CHOOSE A WORD THAT SUITS THE SENTENCE BEST)
13. "Theme" is a .....
14. "Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there wondering, fearing, / Doubting, dreaming, dreaming dreams no mortal dreamed before ..... " (from Edgar Allan Poe's "The Raven")Which of the following literary devices is present in the above quote?
15. The main idea or an underlying meaning of a literary work .....
16. When you exaggerate descriptions, statements, or claims, you are using what literary device?
17. General idea about life the author wants to communicate
18. What is the same or similar consonant sound repeated in the stressed syllable, proceeded by uncommon vowel sounds?
19. I wish I could just click my heels; it's a long walk home.
20. Two lines of verse usally in the same meter that forms a statement.