Literary Devices Quiz

Question 1

Personification can be defined as

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giving human traits to something non-human, like an object or an animal.

Question 2

Foreshadowing can be defined as

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a hint of something that will happen in the future

Question 3

An oxymoron is

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a combination of contradictory words

Question 4

When Romeo says "It is the east and Juliet is the sun," this is an example of

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metaphor

Question 5

William Shakespeare invented the sonnet

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False

Question 6

Alliteration is define as

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the repetition of the same consonant sound

Question 7

What is an aside?

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a remark, comment, or side conversation in a play

Question 8

An allusion can be defined as

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a reference to something else, for example mythology or the Bible

Question 9

All sonnets have 16 lines

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False

Question 10

Well, in that hit you miss: she'll not be hit With Cupid's arrow; she hath Dian's wit;

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allusion

Question 11

"O, he’s the courageous captain of compliments"

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alliteration

Question 12

Juliet says "It is too rash, too unadvised, too sudden; Too like the lightning, which doth cease to be." This is a...

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simile

Question 13

What is a soliloquy?

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a long speech by 1 actor in a play or film but not heard by other character

Question 14

"My mind misgives Some consequence hanging in the stars shall bitterly begin his fearful date With this night’s revels"

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foreshadowing

Question 15

The following line "Why, then, O brawling love! O loving hate! is an example of

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oxymoron

Question 16

All Shakespearean Sonnets must meet the following requirements structurally (More than one answer)

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have 14 lines, written in iambic pentameter, have 3 quatrains and a rhyming couplet, have a set rhyme scheme

Question 17

"The grey-eyed morn smiles on the frowning night" is an example of

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personification

Question 18

It seems she hangs upon the cheek of night like a rich jewel in an Ethiope's ear; is an example of

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simile

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