Literary Devices Quiz 432 (20 MCQs)

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1. Giving human qualities or characteristics to animals or inanimate objects
2. "When he saw dark figures in front of him on the path, he knew trouble might be just ahead!"
3. "The dark sky, filled with angry, swirling clouds, reflected Greg Ridley's mood, " is an example of which literary device?
4. Mankind, man
5. Life is box of hot chilli peppers.
6. A word that looks and is spelled like the sound it makes.
7. When a writer compares two things without mentioning one of them, we call it a(n) .....
8. Pronouns used in first person point of view:
9. Saturday Night Live is mostly satire
10. Imagine you are reading a book where the author describes the sun as a 'blazing furnace'. This comparison is made without using the words 'like' or 'as'. What literary device is being used here?
11. He took a tissue from the box on the coffee table. His nose ran most of the time, so there were boxes of tissue all over the house. But when something happened to make him emotional ..... like this letter ..... his nose poured. By describing how much the his nose runs, the author is telling the reader:
12. He was sweating LIKE a pig is an example of
13. Hymn
14. When an author inserts a famous quotation, poem, song, or other short passage or text at the beginning of a larger text (e.g., a book, chapter, etc.).
15. "what is the author trying to teach me through this story?" This is a question you can ask yourself to figure out the .....
16. What is a figure of speech that compares two things using 'like' or 'as'?
17. This type of text structure uses signal words like "alike, " "unlike, " and "as opposed to."
18. Montag is a fireman. Instead of putting out fires, he starts them.
19. Her dress danced in the breeze
20. Which line is an example of assonance?