Literary Devices Quiz 490 (20 MCQs)

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1. The time, place, and period in which the action takes place in the story
2. Her fragrance was very strong. What sense does this describe?
3. A character who sets off another character by contrast is called a .....
4. Which figure of speech is represented in "I told you that a million times" ?
5. A struggle that goes on in a character's head
6. "Jakia jumped in the jar of jelly." Is an example of
7. Define Ethos in the context of rhetorical devices.
8. ..... leads up to the climax of a plot.
9. Started workin', clerkin' for his late mother's landlord,
10. This is literary technique through which the writers allow their characters to speak directly to abstract concepts, people who are dead or non-existent or absent, objects which are inanimate in a way that they are another character who can feel and think just like humans. This technique is used to present reflections of characters or also to allow for catharsis. eg-Twinkle Twinkle little star. How I wonder what you are .....
11. Which persuasive appeal is known to bring out one's emotion?
12. Sally looked like a bird flying down the hall to get to the lunch room.
13. A character who stays the same throughout a story
14. A pattern that helps readers create a beat as they read.
15. Back then, when Olivia was a child, she had much more freedom than she does now.
16. True or false? An element of Gothic literature could involve intense emotions and tone, symbolism, and mood is representative of the emotional state of characters.
17. If the topic is kindness, which of the following is a good theme statement?
18. Symbols can be .....
19. Words the author uses to make the reader feel a certain emotion
20. What is this:He was as big as a house.