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Literary Devices Quiz 451 (20 MCQs)

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1. "Try to light the fire" is an example of .....
2. Which literary device uses words such as "like" or "as" to make comparisons between two things?
3. Which sentence correctly uses a dash?
4. Break a leg!, What does this idiom mean?
5. She would say I'm fine.She'd be lying.
6. The sunset was the most gorgeous they'd ever seen; the clouds were edged with pink and gold.
7. It is a Greek word meaning "overcasting" . The use of exaggeration to lay emphasis.
8. The reason RHHS has to make up school days is because it snowed and the students missed too many days. This is:
9. A figure of speech that give human qualities to nonhuman objects (Example:The wind whispered through the trees) is called
10. Mr. Brown was considered to be the meanest teacher in the building, but the author allowed us to also witness him working at his church, fixing a child's flat bike tire, and rake the leaves in his mother's yard.
11. The author purposely repeats words or phrases; the author is trying to create rhythm or suspense, or is trying to really emphasize a certain idea.
12. The associations called up by a word that goes beyond its dictionary meaning
13. This is a comparison between two unlike things using "like" or "as"
14. What figure of speech is being asked? "The little stars, like little children, went first to bed."
15. The point where the line is ended and moved to the next.
16. A struggle between opposing forces that create tension or suspense in a story
17. I was over the moon when I heard the good news.
18. ..... characters exhibit some kind of change-of attitude, purpose, behavior, as the story progresses.
19. The cat is as fluffy as a cloud.
20. Identify the literary device in the sentence:'The thunder roared like a lion'.
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