Literary Devices Quiz 364 (20 MCQs)

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1. What mood is created by a setting in which all domestic functions are performed by machines and none by humans?
2. "The silence was as deep as the ocean." This line from a poem is an example of:
3. During a literature class, Anthony said, 'Time is a thief'. Which literary device is Anthony using in his statement?
4. What is "a figure of speech in which a thing, idea, or animal is given human traits" ?
5. What is resolution?
6. Topic is:
7. In "The Seventh Man, " which statement best summarizes what happens in theweeks following K.'s death?
8. What is the term for the perspective on events of the narrator or a particular character in a story?
9. He is as ugly as sin.This is an example of which literary device?
10. ..... is/are comprised of rising action, falling action, and climax.
11. "Hello darkness, my old friend I've come to talk with you again ..... " (Paul Simon, The Sounds of Silence)
12. Directly compares two seemingly unlike things without using like or as
13. The person or character who actually tells the story, filling in the background information and bridging the gaps between dialogue. (See Point of View.)
14. Definition of Personification
15. "The stone was cool and frictionless under his fingers, like hardened silk."
16. A line that has five metrical feet each containing stressed and unstressed syllables.
17. This is a good example of alliteration: "For every failure the French also celebrated fantastic success"
18. Addressing an unseen entity.
19. Foreshadowing:Yes or No Luis shouted, "Mr. Sims, don't open that door! Who knows what could be behind it?"
20. What is not an example of anthropomorphism.