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Literary Techniques Quiz 15 (20 MCQs)

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1. He sneezed and wheezed, could hardly breathe.
2. A character pretending to be an ally is actually the villain.
3. Which techniques are present in the following quote:I was once talking to a black man about gender and he said to me, "Why do you have to say 'my experience as a woman'? why can't it be 'your experience as a human being'?"
4. The point of view for this story is:
5. A stylistic device (most often found in poetry) in which words, having the same first consonant sound, occur close together in a series.
6. The way in which words and sentences are placed together in writing
7. Sad or dismal sounding, funereal-which vocabulary word does this definition most closely fit?
8. The writer's attitude or feeling about his or her subject
9. "He is an old fox" is an example of:
10. Good authors create a protagonist, a leading character in the story that most readers will root for. Who is the protagonist?
11. What figure of speech is presented in this excerpt:I could feel my body glow in the sun as though it had instantly been cast in bronze.
12. A literary technique in which one thing is spoken of as though it were something else. Example:He is an old fox very cunning.
13. Evidence should be
14. Which literary technique does Toi Derricotte use in these lines?A young woman in a fur-trimmedcoat sets a card tablewith linens, candles, a picnic basket & wine.
15. A direct comparison between two dissimilar things; uses "like" or "as" to state the terms of the comparison is a
16. Figure of speech in which tow unlike things are compared using like or as
17. The girl was skinny enough to jump through a keyhole.
18. The type of figurative language in which a non-human subject is given human characteristics.
19. A pervading emotional quality developed by the handling of setting ..... helps to establish tone
20. " ..... a slow, smiling air about her ..... " This quotation includes an example of:
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