Literary Devices Quiz 489 (20 MCQs)

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1. "In every cry of every Man, / In every infants cry, of fear, / In every voice:in every ban"
2. Long hair is the Greaser's pride.
3. Support in an argument that both sides would agree with ..... defines the following term
4. What literary device is used in the phrase 'the wind howled'?
5. A use of obvious exaggeration for rhetorical effect.
6. In the story A Christmas Carol, by Charles Dickens, a penny-pinching and bitter Ebenezer Scrooge values money more than people.What is the meaning of the allusion in the sentence below?Our neighbor has a reputation for being a Scrooge, so we don't even stop at his door any more when we're fundraising.
7. Which literary device creates suspense and highlights something that will be important later?
8. The Cyclops ate the men "still wriggling, the way a cat eats a grasshopper ..... "(8)
9. The phrase 'the world is a stage' is an example of .....
10. Flat
11. The use of components in a sentence that are grammatically the same or similar in their construction, sound, or meaning.
12. Compares two objects by using "like" or "as"
13. Words or phrases that appeal to any of the five senses.
14. What figurative language is used in this sentence?"The boy was a statue when the train passed him by"
15. When words or phrases are repeated in a literary work
16. What type of figurative language is a comparison between two unlike things using LIKE or AS?
17. An account of a conversation or action that happened before the beginning of the story or at an earlier point
18. A comparison using "like" or "as" (velut, similis)
19. My fellow Americans, ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country.
20. Explain Logos in the context of rhetorical devices.