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"The stars danced" is best an example of what?
Personification
Action Verbs
Imagery
Onomatopoeia
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"Here lies a great man and husband" is an example of what?
Ediface
Elegy
Epigram
Epitaph
3
What is a smilie?
A comparison of tw unlike things using "like" or "as"
A contrast of two unlike things
The movement along the plot
A connection made between the characters and the audience
4
What is a Shakespearean sonnet?
A series of novels sharing a plot structure
A collection of sonnets covering themes of time or love
A poem written in the Shakespearean time period
A children's book about the passage of time
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Which is an example of a narrative?
"King Lear"
"Don Quixote"
"Animal Farm"
"Oedipus"
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What is direct address?
A dialogue between a character and the audience
The absolute location of a proper noun in a poem
Proper noun of who is being directly spoken to
Speaking to an object as with personification
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What is caesura?
The deeper meaning behind the words
using a single word to infer a group
A feeling of gratification
A pause in a line of poetry
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Substituting "suits" to mean "business executives" is an example of what?
Personification
Substitution
Metaphor
Metonymy
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What is a paradox?
A self-contradictory statement
An agreement
A proposal
A statement proposing a resolve
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Which is an example of apostrophe?
She was bright, like a star
The children's toys
The childrens' toys
O, speak again, young man
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What is a metaphor?
The basis of a story's plot
Using one thing as symbolic to something different
Contrasting two opinions
Comparing two things using "like" or "as"
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"I took the car and it wasnt far" is an example of what?
Internal rhyme
Lyrical rhyme
Rhythm
Rhyme scheme
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What is blank verse?
A verse without rhyme or with iambic pentameter
A verse without meaning
A sonnet without iambic pentameter
An empty gesture
14
"I was so tired, I slept for a year" is an example of what?
Hyperbole
Personification
Alliteration
Oxymoron
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Which is the best example of extended metaphor in literature?
1984
One Fish, Two Fish
Animal Farm
Divergent
16
Which piece of literature best represents an example of lyric poetry?
"Green eggs and Ham" by Dr. Suess
"The raven" by Edgar Allen Poe
"King Lear"
"The Grapes of Wrath"
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Which type of poem has six words repeated at Thebes's end of six different lines?
Sestina
Caesura
Sonnet
Satire
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What is a ballad
A poem or song narrating a story in short stanzas
The rhymes scale of a poem
A poem with 14 lines
Consize lines of poetry
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"Because my coffee was so cold, I held it over the fire" is an example of what?
Loose Sentence
Complex Sentence
Appositive
Negative Sentence
20
What is an ode?
A formal poem mourning a tragic event
A speech
A musical poem telling a story
A lyric poem meant to address a particular subject
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What is spondee?
A foot of two short syllables
A foot of two long syllables
A foot of two unstressed syllables
A foot of two stressed syllables
22
What is extended metaphor?
Comparison of two unlike things extended through paragraphs
The deeper meaning behind the word choice
Giving human traits to animals or objects
Comparison of two unlike things using "like" or "as"
23
What is ironic contrast?
When nothing good comes about from a situation
When the desired outcome happens
When the outcome is something other than expected
A situation known to everyone
24
What does the image represent?
Direct address
Elegy
A caracature
Personification
25
What is a parody?
A sonnet that references another piece of literature
A funny joke in literature
A poem expressing discontent
An imitation of a work to exaggerate a comic effect
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Which is an example of Assonance?
I coul eat a cow
Men sell bells
Some small soap
We must live together as brothers or die together as fools
27
What is a complex sentence?
A one subject sentence
An appositive phrase
A sentence containing an additional clause
A sentence where the indirect object precedes The direct
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Which is an example of a character study?
The protagonists personality leading a conclusion
Procrastination on a big plot
Subjective prejudice of characters
A group of characters studying for a physics test
29
"
Ode
on a Grecian Urn" is an example of what type of poetry?
Ballad
Lyric
Ode
Sonnet
30
A movie making fun of a popular novel is an example of what?
paradox
Parable
parody
protest
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What is soliloquy?
An argument
Talking to a character about how they're feeling
Speaking ones thoughts aloud by oneself
Thinking to oneself
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What is allusion?
An extreme exaggeration
Calling something to mind without mentioning it explicitly
Repetition of multi-vowel sounds
A piece of historical text
33
“Mankind must put an end to war, or war will put and end to mankind" is an example of what?
Nationalism
Oxymoron
Epigram
Hyperbole
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What is iambic pentameter?
A pause in the middle of a line of poetry
A fourteen line poem
A line of five metrical feet followed by two syllables
A stanza of poetry with a clear rhyme scheme
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Which would be an example of a logical fallacy?
A strong metaphor
Logic
A weak, irrelevant analogy
Dialogue between two characters having a dispute
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What is caracature?
A portrait
A sonnet with rough iambic pentameter
A depiction of a person with exaggerated characteristics
A biography of a poet
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"O Captain! My captain" is an example of what?
Sonney
Epitaph
Elegy
Ediface
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What is logical fallacy?
A flawed argument
The logical choice in an event
Losing an argument
The face a character puts on to hide his intentions
39
Which is an example of a spondee?
DUM-DUM
Splash
apple
Splish
40
"The assignment was a breeze" is an example of what?
Metaphor
Personification
Assimilation
Metonymy
41
"Y'all gonna make me go bananas" is an example of what?
Colloquialism
Parable
Diction
Paradox
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What is personification?
An adjective that can describe both human and nonhuman
Attributing a human characteristic to a nonhuman object
Talking to a tree
Looking at the clouds
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"Louise will swim, bike, and run this weekend at her triathlon." is a parallel structure why?
Correct punctuation
The reference to a sporting event
The use of three verbs
The use of the same verb tense throughout
44
Which descriptor is an example of invective?
Pernicious vermin
Dumbfounding
Filthy coward
Annoyed
45
What is a petrarchan sonnet?
A poem named after Petrarchan
An octave with the rhyme scheme abbaabba
A fourteen line poem with three stanzas
A strong rhyme scale
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Which is an example of cacophony?
Crackling of fire
A group of defeaning alarm clocks
Splish splash
Cluck cluck
47
"Two households, both alike in dignity" is an example of what?
Iambic pentameter
Paradox
Rhyme scheme
Ode
48
Which is an example of an oxymoron?
Absolute Zero
Blind Luck
Super Sized
Great Depression
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What is colloquial diction?
Politely answering your mother
Using everyday common words in speech
Using "slang"
Formally talking to your boss
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Which is an example of allusion?
The drink was ice hot
He had struck his Achilles heel
That hit knocked him into next week
He had broken every bone in his body
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What is a lyric poem?
A poem explaining the importance of lyrics
A poem with catchy lyrics
A musical
A musical, rhythmic poem exploring strong emotional feelings
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What is a rhetorical question?
Expecting an answer to a test
A question without the expectation of an answer
A formal debate between to candidates
The answer to a test
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"I am nobody" Is an example of what?
Parable
Paradox
Satire
Parody
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Which is an example of Dramatic Monologue?
A villain revealing the plot to the story's hero
A narrator of Romeo and Juliet giving insight on emotions
A child talking back to his mom
A teacher explaining the instructions of a test
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Which is an example of ironic contrast?
Dramatic Irony
Verbal Irony
Illustrational Irony
Situational Irony
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A poem with no clear rhyme scheme or iambic pentameter is an example of what type of poetry?
Ballet
Sonnet
Free Verse
Blank Verse
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Which is an example of a Ballad?
Iron Man
Oedipus
The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald
Hamlet
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What is parallel structure?
Two lines that run along side each other
Repetition a grammatical form within a sentence
Repetition of a vowel within a sentence
Two points that make a similar argument
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"Brave as a lion" is an example of what?
Simily
Simile
Metaphor
Personification
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What is a parable?
A good decision based on conscience
A poem meant to be sung
A class about morality
A story with a lesson to be taught
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What is internal rhyme?
A rhyme within the same stanza
A sonnet rhyme scheme
A rhyme within the same sentence
The repetition of a rhyme in a poem
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What is satire?
The gratification one gets from accomplishing a feat
The use of humor to criticize a persons stupidity
A comedi way to praise someone
A persons social class
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Saying "Golden State"'in a sentence meaning "The Golden State Warriors" is an example of what?
Satire
Metonymy
Metamorphosis
Synecdoche
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What is a villanelle?
A lyric consisting of two quatrains
A ballad
A fourteen line sonnet
Nineteen line poem with only two syllables
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What is a synecdoche?
A representation of an emotion
Two phrases contradiction each other
Replacing the subject for an adjective
Part representing the whole
66
What is a couplet?
A two verse poem
A verse in a sonnet
Two lines of voice sharing meter and rhyme
An ABAB rhyme scale
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What is hyperbole?
Telling the truth
An extreme exaggeration
Two statements that contradict each other
A detailed analysis
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Which is the best example of a soliloquy?
Dialogue
Conversation
Thought
Monologue
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What is the best synonym for a satire of a work?
Humor
Status
Harshness
Mockery
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Jesus's teachings were mainly in the form of what?
Parables
Sonnets
Narratives
Ballads
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The word "sizzle" is an example of what?
Adjective
Metonymy
Substitution
Onomatopoeia
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Which is an example of alliteration?
The thick sock ran a mock
I will, I can, I must
She sells seashells by the sea shore
Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers
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What is literary conceit?
An analogy comparing the protagonist and antagonist
A complex Extended metaphor that governs an entire work
A series of complex sentences
The use of trickery to move the plot along
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What is character study?
A combination of characteristics
The study of the English langauge
Analysis of a characters traits
The characters appearence on a scale of 1-10
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Which is an example of a Shakespearean sonnet?
Sonnet IX
Romeo and Juliet
oedipus
King Lear
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What is an elegy?
A poem of reflection for the dead
A phrase of memorance on a headstone
A poem of praise and thanksgiving
Mourning
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What is an oxymoron?
Two phrases that compliment each other
A seemingly unintelligent character
A phrase of adjacent contradictory words
Two people with different opinions
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What is apostrophe?
A pause in a line of a poem
A punctuation mark to show possession
A sentence where the subject is separated by commas
A break in the dialogue to address an imaginary person
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What is free verse?
A poem written by Shakespeare
Poetry with 14 lines
A verse of poetry expressing the right of freedom of speech
Poetry without rhyme
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Romeo comparing Juliet to a boat in a storm is best an example of what?
Literary Conceit
Character Deceit
Character Analysis
Plot structure
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"Oh, I only broke my entire spine" Is an example of what?
Understatement
Overstatement
Misfortune
Hyperbole
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What is invective?
A crime
A break in a characters dialogue
Highly critical language
An interruption in poetry
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What is a poem with a total of nineteen lines?
Villanelle
Editaph
Sonnet
Ode
84
Which is an example of a rhetorical question?
Why not?
How old did you turn today?
What's the answer to number 3?
Are you still sick?
85
Which is an example of caesura?
The brakes went out on the car
I hear lake water lapping || with low sounds by the shore
The accountant took a break from his busy day
A Shakespearean sonnet
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Blessed are you whose worthiness gives scope,/Being had, to triumph; being lacked, to hope.
Is a beatitude
Is an example of a sonnet
Is an example of a couplet
Is an example of iambic pentameter
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What is an understatement?
a statement in a poem
Expecting something less
represnting something as an extreme
representing of something being less worse than it is
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A sonnet with an octave of a rhyme scale of at least abbaabba is called a what?
Shakespearean sonnet
Petrarchan Sonnet
Balled
Victorian Sonnet
89
Which is an example of direct address?
The narrator talking to the audience
Mr. Smith talking to Mrs. Smith
A boy thinking to himself
An address to a dinner party
90
What is an epigram?
A witty remark expressing an idea in a clever way
An extreme exaggeration
A poem of historical importance
A pitiful saying
91
What is Dramatic Monologue?
A poem by an imagined person revealing aspects of the plot
A mentally incapable person talking to themselves
A mournful conversation between two characters
Irony
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What is a narrative?
A spoken or written account of events forming a story
The order of events more specifically in chronological order
A story relevant to a geological location telling of a hero
The makeshift bed Jesus was born in
93
What is onomatopoeia?
The formation of a word from the sound it makes
The use of the same word to mean multiple things
Repeating a word to express discontent
The formation of a word from Latin roots
94
What is metonymy?
Words that sound like what they mean
Repetition of descriptive words
The rhyme scale of a sonnet
Substituting an attribute to represent a whole
95
What is sestina?
6 lines, 4 stanzas
6 lines, 6 stanzas, same 6 words
14 lines, 4 octaves
4 lines, 4 stanzas and iambic pentameter
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What is cacophony?
Transition words in poetry
Repetition of sounds
A harsh mixture of sounds
When the word sounds like its meaning
97
What is assonance?
The repetition of the sound of a vowel in close adjunction
The repetition of the consonant sound
A rhyme scale of shakespearean poetry
A break in a line of poetry
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Which is an example of blank verse?
Hamlet's use of iambic pentameter
Romeo and Juliet
A calm storm came
Roses are red, violets are blue
99
What is an epitaph?
A short rhyme scheme
An essay depicting the life of a deceased person
The face of a grand building or structure
Short text honoring deceased person on tombstone or plaque
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What is alliteration?
The same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent words
A reference to the Bible, history or literature
The same letter or sound at the start of adjacent phrases
The occursnce of similar vowel sounds in the middle of words
