Literary Terms

Question 1

Giving inhuman things human qualities is what?

Accepted Answer

personification

Question 2

"Tlot-tlot; tlot-tlot! Had they heard it? The horse’s hoofs ringing clear;"

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onomatopoiea, imagery

Question 3

"The road was a ribbon of moonlight over the purple moor" is an example of what?

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metaphor

Question 4

She glared at Peter, and he hoped that she would someday forgive him. What POV?

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third person limited

Question 5

"Jumbo Shrimp" is and example of what?

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oxymoron

Question 6

"He whistled a tune the window / And who should be waiting there?"

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alliteration

Question 7

"There was death at every window; / And hell at one dark window;"

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metaphor, allusion

Question 8

As the wind sprinted through the trees, they waved furiously at the people below.

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personification

Question 9

"Dumb as a dog he listened and heard the robber say" is an example of what?

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simile

Question 10

The rain hears; the rain answers; the rain is slow /coming;the rain wets the face of the grass.

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personification

Question 11

"The wind was a torrent of darkness among the gusty trees." The bold words are an example of__.

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metaphor

Question 12

"The wind was a torrent of darkness among the gusty trees?" The bold words are an example of__.

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imagery

Question 13

"As the black cascade of perfume came tumbling over his breast;"

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imagery

Question 14

"She writhed her hands till her fingers were wet with sweat or blood!"

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imagery

Question 15

"His hair was like mouldy hay" is an example of what?

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simile

Question 16

"You have to be cruel to be kind" is an example of what?

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oxymoron

Question 17

"Over cobbles he clattered and clashed in the dark in yard" is an example of what?

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alliteration, onomatopoiea

Question 18

The repetition of the same consonant sound at the beginnings of several words of a line is ___.

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alliteration

Question 19

Without warning, the pen leaped from my hand and plunged to the floor.

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personification

Question 20

"The road was a ribbon of moonlight over the purple moor" is an example of what?

Accepted Answer

imagery

Question 21

What is the use of words that sound like the noises they describe?

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onomatopoiea

Question 22

What is language that appeals to the five senses?

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imagery

Question 23

"He took the wings of the morning to fly beyond the sea" is an example of______.

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metaphor

Question 24

"It is the East and Juliet is the sun/ Arise fair sun and kill the envious moon..."

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metaphor

Question 25

"The hours crawled by like years" is an example of what?

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hyperbole

Question 26

"I saw him glaring back at me, but it didn't matter because he didn't matter to me" --What POV?

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first person

Question 27

What is a direct comparison between two unlike things?

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metaphor

Question 28

"When they shot him down on the highway, / Down like a dog on the highway,"

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simile

Question 29

"Morning is a new sheet of paper..." is an example of _________.

Accepted Answer

metaphor

Question 30

What is an indirect comparison between two unlike things using like or as?

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simile

Literary Terms

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Literary Terms

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