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Duplicate of Literary Devices - creative writing
Duplicate of Literary Devices - creative writing
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a recap to creative writing
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1
Identify the simile
The falling flakes fluttered to the ground.
The leaves danced in the wind.
The wind howled
He was as pale as the moon.
2
Which word is a Proper Noun?
Team
School
Freedom
Malvern Hills
3
Identify the adverb?
Accidentally
Interesting
Slammed
Excitement
4
What literary device is being used here,
'The sea growled hungrily'?
Simile
Metaphor
Personification
Onomatopoeia
5
What or who is a 'protagonist'?
The character which opposes the main character
The main character of a story
The person the main character trusts the most
The person the main character trusts the most
6
Which of the following words is an abstract noun?
Childhood
Beautiful
Frantically
Cruelest
7
What literary device is being used here, 'I
do
n't want
no
trouble'?
List of three
Hyperbole
Alliteration
Double Negative
8
What literary device is being used here, 'The crumbling thunder of tumbling seas'?
ellipses
Sibilance
Assonance
Alliteration
9
What is pathetic fallacy?
giving human emotions to the weather or/and landscape
giving human characteristics to non-human things
repetition of the same sound
a word formed from the sound it makes
10
Which of the following words is a '
verb'
?
Friendship
Heavy
Breathe
Tightly
11
Which is an example of hyperbole?
We had to wait forever for the food to arrive.
The cross-country run is painful, pointless and kills me every time.
Is it right that footballers are paid vast amounts of money?
The leaves growled in the distance.
12
Which of the following is part of the setting of a story?
Atmosphere
Place
Time
Point of View
13
Which is an example of onomatopoeia?
The desk groaned under the weight of the books.
The quiet queue crept forward
The air clung to me like a warm, wet blanket.
The leaves crunched and crackled deliciously underfoot.
14
What literary device is being used here,
'the
b
eat of the
b
and?'
Rule of Three
Hyperbole
Alliteration
Onomatopoeia
15
What is foreshadowing?
When exaggeration is used for effect.
Information that is hinted at, without being said outright.
A technique used to hint at something that may happen later.
Placing words/images next to each other to create effects
16
Which is an example of a rule of three?
The thin, pale boy walked slowly and cautiously.
Hungry flames licked the sides of the building ferociously.
War will bring only destruction, death and despair.
The dog frantically ran through the muddy field.
17
Who is the antagonist in a novel?
A minor character in a literary text.
The leading character, hero or heroine of a text.
The joker
A character who opposes or is hostile to someone / something
18
What is a flashback in literature?
An interruption in chronological order to take a reader back in time.
Language that is visually descriptive and often evokes the senses.
Comedy in which tragic subject matter is dealt with humorously.
A device authors use to keep the readers' interest alive.
19
Which of the following are good ways to open a story?
Start with a dramatic event
Use short, snappy sentences
Introduce a character
All of the above
20
What literary device is being used here,
'His eyes were deep blue pools of sadness'?
Metaphor
Hyperbole
Personification
Simile
