Literary Devices Quiz 337 (20 MCQs)

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1. The story of one's life told by oneself
2. Which two terms are synonymous to the term 'literary devices'?
3. A word or group of words in a literary work which appeal to one or more of the senses:sight, taste, touch, hearing, and smell.
4. Define:Simile
5. Something about the way he looked at me made me feel uneasy.
6. Sally and Johnny are going to get pizza tonight. They are getting it from their favorite pizza restaurant. This statement is:
7. Writing that is meant to be acted on a stage (a play)
8. "We could not believe Mrs. Waterbury's ..... that she had never heard of Rock and Roll.
9. Which type of imagery deals with "smell" ?
10. Example:Hector became Superman and swooped in and rescued the cat from the burning building.
11. Conceal, don't feel don't let them know/ Now they know
12. A stylistic add on to make something more exciting, interesting, or artistic
13. When you describe an author's disposition concerning his/her topic as frustrated, enraged, joyous, excited, sympathetic, or sorrowful, you are describing his/her:
14. In a dramatic movie, a family is heartbroken because their dog has run away. The audience knows that the dog is safe and that a nice family is trying to help him find his way home.
15. ..... characters change quite a bit throughout a story.
16. "Beatty was looking at him as if he were a museum statue."
17. Literary term used for language and description that appeals to our five senses.
18. A widely known basic truth
19. The juxtaposition of a set of seemingly contradictory concepts that reveal a hidden and/or unexpected truth.
20. This is an expression that has a meaning particular to a language or region and cannot be interpreted literally.