Literary Devices Quiz 365 (20 MCQs)

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1. Which literary device is used in the sentence 'Both girls had curly hair, blue eyes, and ready smiles'?
2. When giving a human characteristic to an animal, object, or idea.
3. Read the quote and determine if it is direct characterization or indirect characterization: "He glanced at her face-her eyes, which were honey brown, and her nose, which crinkled when she smiled."
4. 'Go slow over the road' is .....
5. The perspective from which the writer tells the story (1st, 2nd, 3rd person; omniscient, limited omniscient
6. When splitting up scenes in a story that is called?
7. What is the purpose of a flashback in a story?
8. Which literary device makes a comparison by calling a person or object by the name of a different object?
9. An adjective or adjective phrase applied to a person or thing that is frequently used to emphasize a characteristic quality
10. Which type of imagery is associated with the sense of touch?
11. Miss K is taking a summer class. What is it about?
12. "Erna Schmidt was the exact opposite of her husband-a shy, petite woman, she was sensitive, and not entirely lacking in culture." is an example of what term.
13. What are statistics?
14. How are tone and mood related?
15. Find the hyperbole in the following sentences:
16. A figure of speech commonly used to replace a word or phrase that is related to a concept that might make others uncomfortable.
17. "The air was bitter and bit into her skin." This sentence uses .....
18. The juxtaposition of opposing or contrasting ideas through an obvious contrast in the words, clauses, or sentences, within a parallel grammatical structure.
19. A brief reference to a person, event, place, or thing of historical or literary significance.
20. "No matter how much Peter loved her, what made the Pan refuse to grow is that the Hook brings you back" is an example of?