Literary Devices Quiz 458 (20 MCQs)

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1. The falling snowflakes are dancers.
2. Luckier than a leprechaun
3. This sentence contains an example of:He stopped as he got near to her, huffing and out of breath.
4. Which literary device is shown here?79 ..... omnemque refugerat Orpheus80 femineam Venerem, seu quod male cesserat illi,
5. A secondary or more emotional meaning for a word
6. The struggle is between two opposing needs, desires, or emotions in a character's mind.
7. The Internet is an information highway where you can find out specifics on just about anything.
8. A quick reference to something that the audience will have to already know in order to "get."
9. Cinderella is fighting with her step-sisters in order to go to the ball. What type of conflict is this?
10. "We have had more students in the nurse's office than ever before. We need to do something about this, " said the principal at the teachers' staff meeting. She continued, "I would like one of you to be in charge of a club that can help there be fewer injuries." Immediately one of the teachers volunteered and began planning. She set up hall monitors, installed railings on the playground equipment and hired a new crossing guard. The problem was on its way to being solved! What was the motivation?
11. The main character in a text is also known as the .....
12. "Bow, wow"
13. A story that is used to represent a more general message about real-life (historical) issues and/or events.
14. After the walk through the desert, Kim's tongue felt dry as a bone. What are the words in blue an example of?
15. When words are used to imitate the sound they are/actually make.
16. Words that rhyme inside a line a poetry
17. A comparison made between two items, situations, or ideas that are somewhat alike but unlike in most respects.
18. "One of them slid down into your stomach like a black cobra down an echoing well looking for all the old water and the old time gathered there."
19. The pencil jumped off the table
20. A / An ..... is a figure of speech in which a speaker directly addresses someone (or something) that is not present or cannot respond in reality.