Literary Devices Quiz 450 (20 MCQs)

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1. The use of the word y'all is an example of .....
2. Types of literary work
3. Which of the following means: "deeply upset and agitated?"
4. An abstract idea or ideas that dominate a literary work; the message the author wants to convey.
5. John is a doctor working against the clock to find a cure for a disease that is threatening the human race. Despite all odds, he meets the challenge. John is the
6. Krista sighed, "I'm drowning in an ocean of worksheets. I'll never get this done."
7. I felt strong enough to take on the world!
8. A literary device that combines two contradictory or opposite words to create a new meaning.
9. Which literary device is used in the sentence 'Mark is a ghost around his roommates. They never see him!'?
10. I am a type of sound device where sounds like BANG! POP! or POW!
11. 'The jet bombers going over, going over, going over, one two, one two, one two, six of them, nine of them, twelve of them, one and one and one and another and another and another, did all the screaming for him.' (p. 11)
12. Which pair of devices include the use of comparison?
13. I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.
14. A figure of speech that combines opposite or contradictory terms in a brief phrase (Civil War, for example)
15. The former principal of CIC was a man of the cloth
16. You are a regular Einstein
17. Just do it is an example of .....
18. Macbeth demonstrates his perniciousness when he has this man's entire family killed.
19. Plankton often causes problems for Spongebob & Mr. Krabs. He is an example of:
20. We accept $ 10 bills, $ 20 bills and any other denomination you might have. What does "denomination" mean in this context?