Literary Devices Quiz 418 (20 MCQs)

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1. My math teacher is he who must not be named.
2. When Elizabeth was brought into the courtroom in Act 3, the audience knew John had already admitted to adultery but she had no idea. This is an example of:
3. Reference to a particular event or character in classical works of literature.
4. The feeling or atmosphere a piece of literature creates in the reader
5. Which sentence has the most energetic tone?
6. Which is NOT an example of a literary device?
7. The use of a word whose sound imitates or suggests its meaning
8. What is a word which imitates the natural sounds of a thing?
9. What is the name of a quote or poem used before a story begins to give context?
10. Which of the following is when the "Author reveals a character to the reader by directly stating a character's traits in the text"
11. Author or speaker's attitude towards the work is: .....
12. Oh! But he was a tight-fisted hand at the grindstone Scrooge!
13. They are one personThey are two aloneThey are three togetherThey are for each other
14. The heir aired his assent to marry a lass who had his heart.
15. The throngs unleashed, the ladies shopped for shoes.
16. These are common structures in writing that make up the components of literature. We use these devices to help us interpret and analyze literary works.
17. What is character motive?
18. Two consecutive lines of verse with end rhyme; expresses a complete unit of thought.
19. What literary device was used in the following example, "A cold wind rushed up the staircase."
20. "She had a very thin face like the dial of a small clock seen faintly in a dark room in the middle of a night."