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Literary Devices Quiz 551 (20 MCQs)

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1. Which stage of a narrative comes first?
2. In Taylor Swift's "Love Story", Swift sings:That you were Romeo, you were throwing pebbles And my daddy said, "Stay away from Juliet" referencing the tragic story of these two star-crossed lovers. This is an ..... to Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet.
3. Which choice is an example of foreshadowing?
4. In a story, the tension between two opposing forces; a problem to be solved, obstacle to be overcome, an enemy to be defeated, or a choice or decision to be made
5. A comparison between two unlike objects without using like or as is .....
6. Ethan picturing Zeena's face while he is sledding with Mattie
7. Christopher Columbus was one of the best explorers.
8. Which is an example of a biblical allusion? (Biblical = from the Bible)
9. "The sun smiled down on us." is an example of .....
10. Which choice is an example of foreshadowing in a story about heroes and villains? (a)
11. Attributing human qualities to nonhuman (or inanimate) things
12. Literary DevicesLiterary devices are techniques writers use to add meaning and engage the reader. Some common examples are simile, metaphor, personification, hyperbole, and imagery. These techniques can give the reader a greater understanding and meaning of the writer's intent.
13. Which literary device is being used in the sentence, "The fire crackled and popped" ?
14. The early bird gets the worm.
15. .... is the position of the narrator in relationship to the plot of literature and is the perspective from which the story is told.
16. The telling of a story in fiction, nonfiction, poetry, or drama; one of the four modes of discourse. Ex. "Looking back on a childhood filled with events and memories, I find it rather difficult to pick on that leaves me with the fabled "warm and fuzzy feelings."
17. The river cried
18. A language style that functions to strengthen the impression in a sentence that has an imaginative nuance, is the definition of?
19. What is an expression that has meaning different from the meaning of its individual word?
20. "Purple puppies played on the playground." This is an example of what literary device?
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