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1. In the original line, 'The sun unbuttoned the east and poured gold over the roofs', which device is used in 'the sun unbuttoned the east'?
  1. Personification
  2. Simile
  3. Onomatopoeia
  4. Euphemism

Answer: A. Personification

The sun is given the human action of unbuttoning, so the line uses personification.

2. In a story, which part usually develops the central conflict through a sequence of complications after the situation has been introduced?
  1. Exposition
  2. Rising action
  3. Denouement
  4. Epilogue

Answer: B. Rising action

The rising action builds the conflict by developing complications after the exposition.

3. A speaker says, 'I have waited a thousand years for your reply,' although the wait has lasted only one afternoon; which figure of speech is used?
  1. Understatement
  2. Metonymy
  3. Hyperbole
  4. Litotes

Answer: C. Hyperbole

The speaker deliberately exaggerates the length of the wait, making the statement hyperbolic.

4. A novel is narrated in the third person, but the narration gives access to the thoughts and feelings of only one character; what point of view is used?
  1. First-person participant
  2. Third-person omniscient
  3. Objective dramatic narration
  4. Third-person limited

Answer: D. Third-person limited

Third-person limited narration uses he, she, or they while restricting inner knowledge mainly to one character.

5. Consider these original lines: 'We kept the seed; / We kept the song; / We kept the names / The storm had wronged.' What is the repetition of 'We kept' at the beginnings of successive lines called?
  1. Anaphora
  2. Enjambment
  3. Caesura
  4. Assonance

Answer: A. Anaphora

Anaphora is the repetition of a word or phrase at the beginnings of successive clauses or lines.

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