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1
What type of imagery describes how something smells?
Visual
Auditory
Gustatory
Olfactory
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What device is an author using if s/he shows what a character is like through his/her actions?
Indirect Characterization
Dynamic Character
Foil Character
Direct Characterization
3
What is an example of plot climax?
When Yoda gives advice to Luke.
When Simba meets Timon and Pumba in The Lion King.
The final battle between Harry Potter and Lord Voldemort.
When Buzz and Hank first become friends.
4
What point of view does an author use to show the reader what a character is thinking?
First
Third
Second
Third Omniscient
5
Identify the literary device: when two or more words repeat the same vowel sound
Consonance
Assonance
Repetition
Alliteration
6
Which example is a simile?
She was like, totally upset.
She is leaving as soon as she is ready.
You are as beautiful as a sunflower.
You are so like your dog.
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What kind of irony is it if the audience knows the killer upstairs, but the character doesn't?
Onomatopoeia
Verbal
Situational
Dramatic
8
Identify the lit device: "an attitude of a writer toward a subject or an audience."
Tone
Hyperbole
Motif
Theme
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Name the device: when a writer gives a hint of what is to come later in a story.
Onomatopoeia
Allusion
Imagery
Foreshadowing
10
What type of character does not undergo inner changes?
Round
Static
Flat
Dynamic
11
What kind of irony is it if a shark hunter is eaten by a shark?
Dramatic
Punny
Verbal
Situational
12
Name the literary device: "Isaacs ice cream is interesting and Isaac is imbibing it."
Alliteration
Metaphor
Hyperbole
Irony
13
What kind of conflict is man vs. self?
Character feels trapped inside a relationship.
Character feels pressured by his job.
Character battles his greatest enemy.
Character punches a shark in the face.
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What is an "allusion"?
brief and indirect reference
style of speaking or writing determined by choice of words
an advanced hint of what is to come later in the story
abstract ideas or principles
15
Which of the following is a metaphor?
sea-like grief
the curtain of night"
all the world's a stage
cool as a cucumber
16
If an author makes a reference to a historical moment, what literary device is he/she using?
Alliteration
Metaphor
Simile
Allusion
17
Why would an author ever use onomatopoeia?
to show the angle of considered things.
to establish theme.
To hide a comparison between two things.
To make a description more expressive and interesting.
18
What is a "flat character"?
A character who foreshadows what will happen later.
A character who undergoes change throughout the story.
A character that does not change/little emotional depth.
A character who mirrors the protagonist in the story.
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What is 'theme'?
a figure of speech that makes a comparison
the use of symbols to signify ideas and qualities
a set of rules in a language.
an idea that a writer repeats in his work
20
What literary device describes how a character looks?
Auditory Imagery
Indirect Characterization
Allusion
Direct Characterization
21
Name the literary device featured in the meme!
Visual Imagery
Metaphor.
Mood
Alliteration.
22
What is a 'dynamic character'?
hints at what will happen later in the story
does not change too much from beginning to end
changes throughout the story/faces trials and learns
represents objects, actions and ideas
23
What type of imagery is it when an author describes how something TASTES?
Visual
Olfactory
Tactile
Gustatory
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What is 'mood'?
When the reader falls in love with a character.
When the author creates emotions in the reader.
When the reader creates emotions for the author.
When the author is super emotional.
25
Name the device: "She did not realize that opportunity was knocking at her door."
Setting
Mood
Personification
Metaphor
