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Literary Devices Quiz 471 (20 MCQs)

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1. "And the Need was very strong now, very careful cold coiled creeping crackly cocked and ready ..... "-from Darkly Dreaming Dexter by Jeff Lindsay
2. What type of literary device is used in the sentence 'Sally sells seashells by the seashore.'?
3. The change in a character from the beginning to the end of a story:
4. When an author in her own work refers to an event in another work, this is called a(n) .....
5. Figure of speech comparing two things, saying that one IS the other
6. The act of positioning close together is the definition of which term?
7. An imaginary person represented in a work of fiction (described as a round/flat, protagonist/antagonist, etc.)
8. An expression or phrase that is overused as to become trite and meaningless
9. Identify the literary device in the following passage: "Weakness, fear and hopelessness died. Strength, power and courage was born" (Yousafzai 2).
10. The way an author presents characters' traits by either telling the reader about the trait or showing the reader examples of the trait
11. Piggy's death symbolized
12. What sense is being engaged most in this example:The prickly feathers of the feather boa stuck my neck
13. Which literary device is used in the sentence "'I heard all things in the heaven and in the earth'?
14. The character around whom the events of the story center.
15. "Just turn me loose let me straddle my old saddle, Underneath the western skies, On my cayuse let me wander over yonder, 'Til I see the mountains rise."
16. When the opposite happens of what is expected
17. "She hath Dian's wit" is an example of .....
18. Which sentence is an example of hyperbole?
19. The representation of an animal or object that has the personality, actions, or emotions of a human
20. Understanding what something is not and looking at the contrast of characters is called?
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