Literary Term Review Ice Breaker

Question 1

While being literal is saying exactly what you mean, speaking figuratively implies

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D. All of the above

Question 2

"Every year, every month, every week, every day, I ask myself why?" is an example of...

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C. Both Anaphora and Asyndeton

Question 3

Which literary term imitates natural sounds?

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onomatopoiea

Question 4

15. Who am I? Freda freed the phony physician from the fed up frenzy of patients.

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B. Alliteration

Question 5

14. Who am I? Alex sang and danced and ate but did not drink anything at the party.

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C. Polysyndeton

Question 6

Which of the following devices are direct opposites?

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D. Both A and C.

Question 7

13. Bill Gates has the Midas touch, for every venture he takes on becomes successful.

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B. Allusion

Question 8

Even though Alex's temperature was 120 degree celsius, he insisted he was okay is an example of

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B. Understatement

Question 9

How is simile different than metaphor?

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Simile uses like or as; metaphor does not.

Question 10

Peter Piper Pizza is an example of...

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alliteration

Question 11

Which of the following is an effect of hyperbole?

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A. It adds comic relief

Question 12

11. Who am I? “I wandered lonely as a cloud that floats on high o’er vales and hills.”

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B. Simile

Question 13

Bears had hopes of beating Memorial; Memorial has eyes on T-Stem, yet T-stem's team withdrew.

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D. Both A and C

Question 14

"Hunger sat shivering in the road" is an example of...

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personification

Question 15

"The orphan became a son, a son who honored his father, the father who saved his life..." is

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C. Anadiplosis

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