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- 1. Multiple Choice
Define foreshadowing
a flashback of what happened previously
a hint at something that will happen later
giving human-like characteristics to non-living things
comparing two unlike things using like or as
- 2. Multiple ChoiceOne effect or purpose of foreshadowing is to...trick the readerAdd depth to charactersbuild suspensegive factual information
- 3. Multiple Choice
Which of these sentences includes the best example of foreshadowing?
When Penny left the house, she didn't know that was the last time she would ever see her family.
It was cold outside, so Harriet put on a hat and scarf on her way out the door.
After years of hard word, Trevon was proud to say he'd been accepted to Harvard.
Greg's favorite food was lasagna; he would eat it every day if he could!
- 4. Multiple ChoiceA movie you are watching shows a woman jogging in the woods. The next scene shows a mountain lion lying in wait down the path where the woman is jogging.Situational IronyVerbal IronyDramatic Irony
- 5. Multiple ChoiceThe son of the police chief is arrested for attempted burglary.Situational IronyVerbal IronyDramatic Irony
- 6. Multiple ChoiceAny instance in which the narrator or a character says one thing but means something else isVerbal IronySituational IronyDramatic Irony
- 7. Multiple Choice
"For his gold I had no desire. I think it was his eye! yes, it was this! He had the eye of a vulture --a pale blue eye, with a film over it" This quote uses a _____________in order to give the reader a mental image of the eye.
repetition
personification
metaphor
simile
- 8. Multiple Choice
"I resolved to open a little --a very, very little crevice in the lantern. So I opened it --you cannot imagine how stealthily, stealthily --until, at length a simple dim ray, like the thread of the spider, shot from out the crevice" This quote contains all of the following except...
simile
repetition
personification
imagery
- 9. Multiple Choice
Tone and Mood are created through all of the following except…
word choice
sentence length
use of literary devices
length of text (story or article)
- 10. Multiple Choice
How is mood different from tone?
There isn't a difference
Mood is what the reader "feels"/ tone is the writer's attitude
Tone is what the reader "feels"/ mood is the writer's feelings
Tone is the reader's voice/ mood is the writer's mannerisms
- 11. Multiple Choice
What is the mood?
True!—nervous—very, very dreadfully nervous I had been and am! But why will you say that I am mad?
mellow
humorous
frantic
serious
- 12. Multiple Choice
"DURING the whole of a dull, dark, and soundless day in the autumn of the year, when the clouds hung oppressively low in the heavens, I had been passing alone, on horseback, through a singularly dreary tract of country; and at length found myself, as the shades of the evening drew on, within view of the melancholy House of Usher." What literary device can be found in this passage?
simile
metaphor
alliteration
personification
- 13. Multiple Choice
DURING the whole of a dull, dark, and soundless day in the autumn of the year, when the clouds hung oppressively low in the heavens, I had been passing alone, on horseback, through a singularly dreary tract of country; and at length found myself, as the shades of the evening drew on, within view of the melancholy House of Usher. Which word best describes the mood of this passage?
suspenseful
somber
angry
pensive
- 14. Multiple Choice
Why might a writer choose to use repetition in their story or poem?
to emphasize an idea
to create suspense
to exaggerate a feeling
all of these and maybe more..
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