Literary Devices Quiz 431 (20 MCQs)

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1. A student stays up all night studying for a test but sleeps through their alarm, missing the test
2. During a class trip to a bakery, Valeria and Victor noticed a particular scent. 'The aroma of freshly baked bread filled the air', Victor commented. Which literary device is Victor using in his statement?
3. When the opposite of what happened actually happens, like a TWIST in the story.
4. 5th grade is a breeze for some people. For others, it's a giant earthquake.
5. "We were partners, not soul mates, two separate people who happened to be sharing a menu and a life." What type of literary device is this an example of?
6. "Whoosh"
7. "The place was like a witch's kitchen!"
8. A kind and gentle way of saying something harsh is a .....
9. This is a short, introductory section that provides background information for a play or novel
10. Her hair was a mop of yarn, tangled in the back and frizzy in the front.
11. Characterization through the character's dialogue or actions
12. They struggled over boulders, crevices and unscalable precipices.
13. To awaken someone.
14. "A horse is a very stable animal"
15. Susan sat alone and sang sad songs.
16. Covered
17. Which word means a recurring subject, theme, or idea in a literary work?
18. The way a writer develops characters' personalities ..... what characters say and do, how they dress, how other characters speak about them.
19. The event that sets the central conflict in motion
20. Example:He was barking up the wrong tree.