Literary Techniques Quiz 13 (20 MCQs)

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1. Two of the themes of The Village by the Sea are change and survival. What is a theme?
2. What literary technique involves the perspective from which a story is told?
3. Which of these is an example of CONSONANCE?
4. Which literary device compares similar things?
5. Referring to something famous for emphasis (Romeo)
6. A statement that appears self-contradictory but that reveals a truth
7. The sun was shining brightly as the happy couple strolled down the road
8. Living dead
9. The baby was like an octopus, grabbing at all the cans on the grocery store shelves.
10. What is the following an example of?:"The flowers were dancing by the lake"
11. Which word means "refers to a writer's selection of words based on meaning (both denotative and connotative), specificity, tone, and audience. Also called diction, this is an essential ingredient of style" ?
12. "Paint your face like a movie queen A naughty dream or a fantasy Anything goes, gotta be the scene Create your look, out a fashion book Ready, set, now go"
13. Some people imagine themselves as adults, driving around in a stunning Ferrari.In this day dream of future life, the Ferrari is .....
14. Euphemism-A short or amusing story about a real incident or person
15. An interruption in the action to present a scene that took place at an earlier time.
16. Words mean what they mean; no extra meaning
17. A coming of age story
18. How the author/speaker says something.
19. Each blade of grass was a tiny knife pointed firmly at our bare feet
20. The substitution of a word which relates to the object or person to be named, in place of the name itself