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Analysing Language and Literary Devices
Analysing Language and Literary Devices
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1
What
literary device
is used in the following sentence?
"I'm giving this Quiz two hundred per cent effort!"
Metaphor
Hyperbole
Anaphora
Rhetorical question
2
"
It rained on his lousy tombstone, and it rained on the grass...It rained all over the place." is an example of
what
?
Anaphora
Metaphor
Repetition
Simile
3
What is
allusion
? Select the
best answer
Indirect reference to a person, place, historical event, or literary work
A literary device
When you mention something else without mentioning it
A flase idea or belief
4
Give the
best answer
for the
effectiveness
of
"the road was a ribbon of moonlight
"
It emphasises how the moonlight lit up the long and winding road
It emphasises that the moonlight was shining on the road
It emphasises that the road could not be seen because of the darkness
It creates vivid imagery
5
What
literary device is used in this sentence:
"The volcano sat fuming on the horizon"
?
Personification
Metaphor
Hyperbole
Synecdoche
6
Select the
correct spelling
for this
literary device
.
Onomatopoia
Onomatopoeia
Onamatopoeia
Onamatomatopoeeiiaa
7
What
literary device
is used in this sentence:
"Arise, fair sun, and kill the envious moon"
?
Pathetic fallacy
Allusion
Personification
Metaphor
8
What
literary device
is used in this sentence:
"She was like a snowflake"
?
Simile
Metaphor
Alliteration
Personification
9
Which of the following is
NOT
an example of
onomatopoeia
?
Zoom!
Boom!
Hit!
Woof!
10
What is the
effect
of the
choice
of the word
"fuming"
in
"The volcano sat fuming on the the horizon"
?
It has connotations of being angry/threatening/bad-tempered
It describes the smoke coming out of the volcano
It creates interesting imagery
It helps the reader picture the scene
11
What is the
effect
of the sentence
"She was like a snowflake"
?
It shows she was very cold
It implies she was light, delicate, pure, insubstantial, fragile.
It creates vivid imagery
It describes the weather
12
Which of the following is an example of
alliteration
?
"The long and winding road"
"The moon was a ghost on the sea"
"The rifles rapid rattle"
"The eagle's hands clasped the rock"
13
What
literary device
is used in the following sentence?
"I just bought a new set of wheels!"
Personification
Alliteration
Simile
Synecdoche
14
Where does
"Arise, fair sun, and kill the envious moon"
come from?
"The Catcher in the Rye" by J. D. Salinger
"Hard Times" by Charles Dickens
"Harry Potter" by J. K. Rowling
"Romeo and Juliet" by William Shakespeare
15
Which
literary device
is used in the following sentence?
"Must hope disappear? Is defeat final? No!"
Question
List
Repetition
Rhetorical question
16
Which
two
literary devices are used in this sentence:
"The road was a ribbon of moonlight"
?
Metaphor and alliteration
Simile and imagery
Simile and personification
Hyperbole and anaphora
