Literary Devices Quiz 517 (20 MCQs)

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1. Perhaps the flight contained a whole boardroom of Texas businessmen flying to China. Was she surrounded by a host of men in bolo ties? Was she the only Chinese person on this flight to China? Louise decided to scan the rest of the plane. She leaned as far as she could to the right. She leaned so far that her head knocked into the passenger beside her.
2. What is this an example of?The night was dark and humid, the scent of rotting vegetation hung in the air, and only the sound of mosquitoes broke the quiet of the swamp.
3. Words or phrases used to entice the five senses and create a descriptive image.
4. Consonance is .....
5. A reference to a person, place, or event from literature, history, sports, politics, pop culture, etc
6. An implied or indirect reference of another piece of literature in a story.
7. ABBA word order
8. Dear Mrs. Collins, I absolutely LOVE your books! You are my favorite author of all time. I read The Hunger Games trilogy in one week! I want to be an author someday, and I hope that I can be as inspiring as you are.-Jayda Which word best describes the tone of this note?
9. On this part, the obstacles and challenges that frustrates the protagonist attempt to reach their goal. It is said to be in its .....
10. Onomatopoeia, similes, metaphors are all examples of .....
11. What literary device is used?"Rap rejects my tape deck, ejects projectile/Whether Jew or gentile I rank top percentile."
12. Much of the Anglo-Saxon poetry that has survived is
13. Betty bought a bit of butter but she found the butter bitter so she bought a better butter but that butter was also bitter.
14. The time and place a story occurs
15. This is a device that moves the audience from the present moment to a scene in the past
16. When an author provides clues as to what will happen later in the story
17. Sunny Sundays are super special.What type of figurative language is used in this sentence?
18. It was so cold, I saw polar bears putting on jackets.
19. What literary device is being used in the sentence 'The stars are the eyes of the night'?
20. A joke using the different possible meanings of a word or the fact that there are words that sound alike but have different meanings.