Literary Devices Quiz 434 (20 MCQs)

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1. All are advantages of 1st person Point-of-View EXCEPT .....
2. What is a story with a fully developed theme but is significantly shorter and less elaborate than a novel?
3. If the story goes back in time to show you something, the author is using:
4. Which word gives the best overall description of Fezziwig?
5. An indirect reference.
6. Puritan writing, like Of Plymouth Plantation, can be classified as
7. "With this faith we will be able to hew out of the mountain of despair a stone of hope. With this faith we will be able to transform the genuine discords of our nation into a beautiful symphony of brotherhood. With this faith we will be able to work together, pray together; to struggle together, to go to jail together, to stand up for freedom forever, knowing that we will be free one day." This section of "I Have a Dream" demonstrates an example of:
8. It is a literary device where words are used in quick succession and begin with letters belonging to the same sound group.
9. In literature, the element that makes readers feel certain feelings or emotions because of the author's word choice
10. Author's/narrator's emotional attitude toward the subject in the story
11. While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping
12. A forest in the middle of the night is the ..... of "The Interlopers."
13. The stars are diamonds in the clear winter sky.
14. My heart is a nest that had song-birds in it.
15. A person says one thing, but means something else
16. The series of events that lead up to the ..... of the story is the .....
17. Metaphor and Simile are examples of what:
18. "Some consequence yet hanging in the stars/ Shall bitterly begin his fearful date" is an example of
19. "After years of laying in the sun, Bob's skin looked like a dried up old raisin" is an example of .....
20. An internet ad banner telling you to click it for a free iphone. Which selection best fits the authors purpose?