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Which is the pun?
What is the definition of assonance?
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What is the definition of assonance?
The repetition of the beginning consonant sound
Repetition of ending consonant sound
Repetition of internal Vowels
Repetition of a word or phrase
2
Which is the pun?
Nice perfume. Must you marinate in it?
Not the brightest crayon in the box now, are we?
Is it time for your medication or mine?
what did the buffalo say when his son left .... bison!
3
"Jumbo shrimp" and "the living dead" are two examples of
hyperbole
oxymoron
personification
repetition
4
Is this a Onomatopoeia, Idiom, Pun, or Hyperbole?
Idiom
Hyperbole
Onomatopoeia
Pun
5
"Silly Sally sneaked up on Sam" is an example of
alliteration
repetition
subject
allusion
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Which job(s) did writer Maya Angelou have?
all of the above
poet
tramcar conductor
singer
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"The snow is a white blanket" is an example of
simile
metaphor
juxtaposition
foreshadowing
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What is the definition of a pun?
a word that imitates the sound it represent
an exaggeration or overstatement
a play on words or a double meaning
painting a picture with words
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Anaphora is another way of saying...
iambic pentameter
repetition
simile
allegory
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Is this an Onomatopoeia, Idiom, Pun, or Hyperbole?
Idiom
Hyperbole
Onomatopoeia
Pun
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Animal Farm is an example of which literary device?
apostrophe
rhythm
iambic pentameter
allegory
12
What is a couplet?
2 stanzas that repeat
2 poems that are written by the same author
2 sentences in a poem that rhyme with each other
2 poems about the same topic
13
"Juliet is as bright as the sun" would be an example of what literary device?
simile
metaphor
hyperbole
foreshadowing
14
Langston Hughes is a famous poet from which time period?
Revolutionary Era
Harlem Renaissance
Postmodern poet era
Civil War
15
When objects that are not alive are given human qualities, what literary device is employed?
personification
irony
epic
juxtaposition
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What is the definition of onomatopoeia?
repeating a word or phrase.
using words to mimic sounds.
exaggerating for effect.
using the same sound to start several words.
17
When authors makes references to ancient Greek mythology, what literary device is this?
irony
hubris
epics
allusion
18
What poetic device in this sentence ?
Repetition
Personification
Simile
Metaphor
19
The creepy, scary music that plays before the villain attacks is an example of
simile
irony
anger
foreshadowing
20
Which literary device is employed in this sentence: "I walked a million miles today. I am exhausted!"
metaphor
hyperbole
imagery
none of the above
21
Which of the following is an oxymoron?
rich red rocks glinting
none of the above
a thousand daffodils waving in the sun
jumbo shrimp
22
What is a quatrain?
Four (4) lines that rhyme with each other
Five (5) lines that rhyme with each other
Six (6) lines that rhyme with each other
Three (3) lines that rhyme with each other
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When Hamlet talks to Yorick, who is a dead man, that is an example of...
simile
apostrophe
anaphora
stanza
