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#aplit literary term review
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1
"Whose woods these are? I think I know." is written in which
meter?
iambic tetrameter
iambic trimeter
iambic pentameter
2
This year, Hannah finally got her wheels, but only after she got caught driving illegally.
metonymy
synecdoche
3
a statement that seems self-contradictory but contains an underlying truth
synecdoche
paradox
hyperbole
onomatopoeia
4
We are waiting for a statement from the White House.
synecdoche
metonymy
5
Personification
is conveyed in all of the following examples EXCEPT:
The throne stood proudly at the head of the table
The food was delicious and nutritious
The bench groaned under the girl's weight
The wind laughed through the trees
6
The following exemplifies which literary device?
The war was bad.
understatement
metonymy
hyperbole
synecdoche
7
The soft scratching and rustling in the corner of the room turned out to be a mouse!
alliteration and onomatopoeia
alliteration and metaphor
alliteration and personification
8
ALL of the following are examples of
figurative language
except:
alliteration
meter
metaphor
simile
9
An indirect reference to a historical event, myth, Biblical story, or person:
allegory
allusion
anaphora
apostrophe
10
"Two houses both alike in dignity" is written in which
meter?
iambic trimeter
iambic pentameter
iambic tetrameter
11
The following exemplifies which literary device?
My fate made me cave and say I would.
anaphora
assonance
consonance
alliteration
12
"I stood in front of the room and looked out at the faces before me"
exemplifies:
synecdoche
metonymy
13
The repetition of the same word at the beginning of multiple lines or clauses is...
anaphora
onomatopoeia
consonance
couplet
14
"O Little Lamb! Who made thee?"
is an example of which literary device?
paradox
metaphor
apostrophe
imagery
15
which of the following exemplifies
synesthesia
?
"With blue, uncertain, stumbling buzz"
"My mistress's eyes are nothing like the sun"
"I heard a fly buzz when I died"
"when yellow leaves do hang upon the boughs"
16
a poetic expression that spans more than one line (no punctuation at the end of the line)
metonymy
anaphora
consonance
enjambment
17
all of the following are
oxymorons
EXCEPT:
bittersweet
controlled chaos
eloquent silence
awfully bad
18
When the audience knows more than the characters in a text
situational irony
dramatic irony
verbal irony
