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