Literature Term Practice: samples

Movement that emphasized the importance of the individual and trusting one's intuition.

The passage "Milton, thous should'st be living at this hour" is an example of what?

"You have a lot of work to do, so I'll lend you a hand" is an example of what?

The passage "My boss is not unkind" is an example of what literary device?

The sentence "The crown carries many responsibilities" contains which two literary devices?

The clause "the silence hissed" is an example of what three literary devices?

The witches in Macbeth chant "Fair is foul and foul is fair."  This is an example of what?

"Much Madness is divinest Sense / To a discerning Eye / Much Sense-the starkest Madness" is...

The passage "The White House announced today…" is an example of what literary device?

The passage "John Smith is a sanitation engineer" is an example of what literary device?

The term "bittersweet" is an example of ...

Placing the extraordinary next to the mundane is an example of what?

"Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player…" contains which literary device?

"Of the people, by the people, for the people" is an example of what?

The passage "I came to bury Caesar, not to praise him" is an example of what?

Literary movement that stressed emotion & imagination in artistic expression over logic.

The phrase "Chaucer, the father of British poetry" is an example of what?

Describing a starless night as "their candles are all out" is an example of what?

In Macbeth's famous soliloquy, he mentions both Hecate & Tarquin.  This is an example of what?

The passage "He is not ugly" is an example of what?