Literary Devices Quiz 476 (20 MCQs)

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1. What does the character of the Englishman represent in The Alchemist?
2. When something stands for meaning beyond itself it is called .....
3. Which of the following examples are NOT considered foils?
4. Replacing a harsh or potentially offensive word or phrase with something milder and less direct.
5. A "Heart equals Love" is an example of .....
6. The sentence " "How can you argue your case for vegetarianism when you are enjoying that steak?" is an example of what type of Fallacy?
7. A phrase or expression whose meaning cannot be understood from the literal definitions of the individual words.
8. This is an example of what kind of literary device:"Time is money."
9. The dog is as white as snow. What is this?
10. A stanza of four lines of poetry
11. "Miles was a parson."
12. "Two gray trunks rubbed each other with an evil speaking that no one had noticed by day" is an example of this literary term.
13. The written text and lines.
14. State the thing that is given human trait in the sentence, one look at the garden and you could tell that the plants were begging for water.
15. My soul is spiraling in frozen fractals all around
16. What's the headcount for next week's party?
17. "She acts like Scrooge with her money and won't share it with anyone." You have to infer what it means, so this is an .....
18. The mother may feel guilty if she thinks she's patient but loses her temper with her children. It is the example of .....
19. A common figure of speech whose meaning is different from the literal meaning of the words
20. The mistaken use of an incorrect word in place of a word with a similar sound usually resulting in a sentence that does not make sense in a humorous way.