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Literary Devices Quiz 449 (20 MCQs)

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1. ANALYZE means .....
2. Language in literature that stimulates the human senses (sight, taste, touch, sound, smell)
3. Rhetorical devices Language techniques used in argument to persuade audiences for example rhetorical questions, repetition, proposition, figurative language.
4. Placing unlike ideas, people, images, ideas, or objects next to one another to highlight their differences.
5. Descriptive words that appeal to the five senses; helps the reader imagine the story more vividly
6. This is an example of what kind of literary device:"I'm going on a blind date."
7. The white clouds are scudding across the blue sky. This line is an example of imagery (appeals to sense of sight)
8. The lines "Before you can think, / Before you can utter" show an example of
9. Foreshadowing is used to build suspense or curiosity which keeps the reader interested.
10. What POV is this sentence written in? You went to the Great Hall.
11. The sky was wide and very blue. The imagery used in the sentence is .....
12. What is an oblique reference to something outside of gthe world of the play?
13. Calling out to an imaginary, dead, or absent person, or to a place or thing, or a personified abstract idea
14. What is an account of person's life that is written by another person?
15. This is where and when a story takes place.
16. "Beating around the bush" "Raining cats and dogs"
17. What is a reference to a well-known person, place, thing, or event that the writer assumes the reader will be familiar with?
18. The article "A Capsule for Love" starts: "Insert coins, turn the knob, and ..... ta-da!" This is an example of:
19. Which of these is a type of alliteration?
20. Repetition is the repeats of the same words or phrases to make an idea clearer.
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