Literary Devices Quiz 355 (20 MCQs)

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1. What is a character's attributes?
2. A figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind. Usually uses like or as.Eg His room was like a pig sty.
3. Events after the turning point that begin to resolve the story
4. Words and phrases that paint a pictureand appeal to the readers 5 senses (sight, hearing, touch, smell or taste)
5. It rains on Mary's wedding day.
6. Literary conflict (man vs. man, self, nature, etc.) is a .....
7. It is also known as a rhetorical device.
8. Which of the following is NOT a form of conflict?
9. "If Mrs. Butler or Sam is talking to me, I can't hear either of them. The only thing I hear is the sound of my own pulse pounding in my ears. The way it would if I'd run all the way back. Just the boom-boom-boom of my heart and the strange swish of the sprinkler next door. A shush-shush followed by a metallic rat-a-tat-tat. Like firecrackers going off" (48). Patterson, Valerie O. Operation Oleander. Boston:Clarion Books, 2013.
10. It was an open secret.
11. A pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables is called
12. O Captain! My Captain! Rise up and hear the bells;Rise up-for you the flag is flung-for you the bugle blows .....
13. The character or force that opposes the main character is called the .....
14. This can be demonstrated with descriptive details, clues in the dialogue, character/place names, etc.
15. Symbolism is when something in the text ..... something else.
16. What literary device is being used in the phrase 'The world is a stage'?
17. The comparison of two unlike things which no word of comparison (like or as) are used
18. To be in partnership with someone.
19. "The leaves danced in the wind." This sentence is an example of .....
20. "The sun was a toddler insistently refusing to go to bed:It was past eight thirty and still light."