What is the primary purpose of using literary devices in text?

Exploring Key Literary Devices for Text Analysis

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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
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To structure the text
To enhance the text's meaning and engagement
To confuse the reader
To increase the text's length
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
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Which literary device involves a direct comparison without using 'like' or 'as'?
Simile
Metaphor
Analogy
Personification
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
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What literary device attributes human characteristics to non-human elements?
Personification
Metonymy
Simile
Hyperbole
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
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Which example illustrates a hyperbole?
I'm so hungry I could eat a horse
Boots on the ground
The sun left his footprints in the sky
All the world's a stage
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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
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What does the 'crown' represent in the example from 'The Crown'?
A type of government
A specific queen
The entire English monarchy
A royal headpiece
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
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What does 'boots on the ground' symbolically represent?
Soldiers or military force
Shoes
Hiking
Ground-level operations
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
In the context of 'The Tell-Tale Heart', what does the beating heart symbolize?
Love
Guilt
Health
Fear
8.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
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What does Juliet mean by 'a rose by any other name would smell as sweet'?
Names are important for identity
Names can change the nature of things
Names do not alter the essence of things
Roses have variable scents
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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
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Which type of irony involves saying the opposite of what is meant?
Dramatic irony
Verbal irony
Irony of fate
Situational irony
10.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
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What type of irony is demonstrated when the audience knows more than the characters in a story?
Cosmic irony
Dramatic irony
Situational irony
Verbal irony
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