Literary Devices Quiz 308 (20 MCQs)

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1. In The Outsiders, Greaser hair was an example of .....
2. The audience knows information the characters in the story do not know
3. When a person is portrayed in a fixed way
4. A literary device that refers to the use of figurative language to evoke a sensory experience or create a picture with words for a reader.
5. Word or phrase that is used to make a comparison between two people, things, animals, or places
6. Archetype
7. Life is like a box of chocolates, you never know what you're going to get. This is an example of (a)
8. It is repetition of consonant sounds within and at the end of the words.
9. When the reader knows something the Character in the story dose not
10. A fire hydrant on fire is an example of
11. Complete the simile.As tall as a .....
12. Identify the literary device in the sentence 'The raven is a symbol of death and misfortune in many cultures.'
13. A contrast or opposition between two different ideas or phrases
14. Mark is as fast as a cheetah. This is an example of the following:
15. Celebrity Ghost Stories uses scary music and flashing lights to create the sense of fear. What type of literary device do they use to build this?
16. I saw a big, blue bird
17. Which literary device is the way a story is told or the sequence of events in a story?
18. Repetition of the same sounds in two or more words at the end of the line
19. "This rat was not just eating the sugar. He was bathing in it, wallowing in it, positively luxuriating in it, his flickering tail hanging over the side of the bowl, flinging sugar across the table." Which literary device is NOT in the above quote?
20. Using language that normally means the opposite.