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Literary Devices Quiz 279 (20 MCQs)

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1. This is a concept which relates to meanings of words and phrases. This meaning is different from the word's dictionary meaning and is dependent on its cultural context of use. It is an acquired meaning which might change with a change in culture or context.
2. A literary device or situation in which there is a discrepancy between expectation and reality.
3. The distinctive way in which a writer expresses their thoughts, choices of words, and overall writing technique.
4. Which term refers to an object, person, or situation that has another meaning other than its literal meaning?
5. When a character or narrator brings the reader back to a time earlier than the main storyline.
6. The underlying meaning, idea or lesson of the story
7. When two things/ ideas are compared with words with like or as, it is called .....
8. Which literary device is being used in the following sentence:'The city never sleeps'?
9. In Greek mythology, Achilles's mother dips him in a river that protects his body wherever it touches. His heel does not get wet, so it is the one part of his body left unprotected. During the Trojan War, an arrow hits Achilles in the heel and kills him. What is the meaning of the allusion in the sentence below? Red velvet cupcakes were Stacy's Achilles's heel when she was trying to eat more healthily.
10. What type of literary device is used in the sentence 'My homework took me forever!'?
11. The protagonist is the .....
12. Sometimes in a scary movie they play creepy music to hint about what's going to happen next.
13. The withholding of information to raise questions is .....
14. Creating a picture in the reader's mind using adjectives and sensory words.
15. A question used for effect rather than response (ex:Sure! Why not?)
16. The rain in Spain falls mainly in the Plains.
17. A person goes against the government to maintain their "freedom of speech" .What type of conflict?
18. The way the AUTHOR feels about what they are writing
19. What literary device is seen here:I've told you a million times to clean your room!
20. An implicit, implied or hidden comparison between two things or objects
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