Literary Devices Quiz 447 (20 MCQs)

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1. Part B:Which line from the poem supports the answer to Part A?
2. Is the poem, " The snake trying " written like a free verse?
3. If you want peace, you must prepare for war.
4. A statement that represents something as better or worse than it really is.
5. "A political victory, a rise of rents, the recovery of your sick or the return of your absent friend, or some other quite external event raises your spirits, and you think good days are preparing for you." The words in BLUE are an example of
6. When words that rhyme within the lines of a poem and not necessarily at the end of each line, this type of rhyme is present.
7. When characters, objects, or events have an abstract, or figurative meaning (stand for something else), it is called .....
8. The AUTHORS attitude toward something
9. In the phrase 'The mountains are sleeping giants', which literary device is being used?
10. What type of literary device is found in the following quite: "Not the way you can tell with Rachel and Lucy who have the same fat popsicle lips like everybody else in their family" (17).
11. What does melancholy mean?
12. Which literary device is used in the following sentence:'The wind whispered through the trees'?
13. The babbling brook was bubbling with beauty.
14. Many are called, but few are chosen.
15. A direct comparison of two unlike things; saying one thing IS another
16. The bug went in for a hug after he dug out his mug is an example of .....
17. Snake-betrayalhome-family
18. The character that causes the conflict in the story
19. ALL OF THE FOLLOWING ARE INCLUDED, EXCEPT: "Every night when the stars come out Am I the only living soul around? Need to believe you could hold me down 'Cause I'm in need of somethin' good right now. We could be screamin' till the sun comes out. And when we wake we'd be the only sound Get on my knees and say a prayer to James Brown. That I can make your hands clap. That I can make your hands clap."
20. Who is the author of "Ransom of Red Chief" and "Gift of the Magi?"