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Literary Techniques Quiz 1 (20 MCQs)

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1. A short speech directed to the audience, or another character, that is not heard by the other characters on stage is called .....
2. The giving of human qualities and traits to an animal, object or idea. Ex., The dandelions danced in the breeze.
3. Hint or reference to something or someone well-known/famous
4. What is the technique called when an author develops the characters in a story?
5. Using diction and imagery to contrast the act of writing with working at a temporary agency is an example of which technique?
6. He's a brave lion is an example of
7. Dialogue, such as "I have a bad feeling about this"
8. A paragraph in a poem
9. I want to be ..... as sly as a fox, as strong as an ox, as fast as a hare, as brave as a bear ..... "
10. An author's use of speech patterns that fit a character's background
11. The use of verbal irony meant to say one thing, but mean another
12. What is the purpose of using similes in poetry?
13. Hyperbole is exaggeration for effect; often for irony
14. "My mother always told me never to get close to any danger, as that would be dancing with the devil. Little did I know that in my professional ballroom dancing career, that is exactly what I would do." What literary device is used here through the whole example?
15. "Listen to what she says with an open heart and a critical mind. Love her even if she doesn't do what you hope ..... "
16. The following example is a ironic:
17. Which word is different?
18. It is a literary technique in which an abstract idea is given a form of characters, actions or events.
19. What kind of figurative language uses "like" or "as" ?
20. Involves taking one type of sensory input (light, sound, smell, touch, taste, vision) and couples it with another separate sense in an impossible way. The resulting figure of speech would end up discussing how color tastes, for example
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