What is personification?

Giving human qualities or actions to non-human things

A reference to a famous person, place, event, art/literature

Which of the following is an example of allusion?

He’s a real Romeo with the ladies.

Which if the following is an example of dramatic irony?

The audience knows the ship will sink, but the passengers are unaware

Comparing two things using 'like' or 'as.'

What is a literary device?

It is a technique authors use to create special effects in their writing

Which of the following is an example of personification?

The sun peaked through the clouds, The pencil ran across the page

What is dramatic irony?

It is when the audience knows something that the characters do not

A statement that seems contradictory but is true

A direct comparison between two things without using 'like' or 'as'

What is foreshadowing?

A hint about what will happen later in a story

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1
This is an example of a simile: Love is beautiful like a butterfly.
True
False
2
What is personification?
Giving animalistic qualities or actions to non-human things
Simplifying the language of a play to be more accessable to all people
Changing the qualities of a character to represent larger ideas
Giving human qualities or actions to non-human things
3
What is an allusion
A reference to a famous person, place, event, art/literature
Art within a book to provide reading with examples
A reference to the begining of a play
A direct comparison to another work of art
4
Which of the following is an example of allusion?
The Garden of Eden is so beautiful
He’s a real Romeo with the ladies.
She had the strength of a million men
The art was spectacular, it reminded me of Picasso
5
Which if the following is an example of dramatic irony?
The scene of a play indicates its mood
The audience knows the ship will sink, but the passengers are unaware
The police officer arrests the wrong suspect
The main character is suspicious of the villain
6
This is a paradox: If everyone is special, no one is.
True
False
7
Metaphors and allusions are both comparisons
False
True
8
What is a simile?
Comparing two things using 'so' and 'then'
Comparing two things
Comparing similar items to show their similarity
Comparing two things using 'like' or 'as.'
9
What is a literary device?
It teaches readers to understand a text
It is a technique to help readers visualize stories
It helps authors create stories by providing a basic plot
It is a technique authors use to create special effects in their writing
10
Which of the following is an example of personification?
The dog run through the forest
The sun peaked through the clouds
The radio was music to my ears
The pencil ran across the page
11
What is dramatic irony?
It is when the audience knows something that the characters do not
It is when a characters has a dramatic scene
It is when something contradictory occurs within a scene of a show/movie
It is when the audience can participate in the creation of a show
12
Which of the following is not an example of a simile?
Her hair is like gold
The dog is as black as coal
The boy is a giant
He is as tall as a giraffe
13
Which of the following is a metaphor?
She was as strong as a bear
His shoes were as white as snow
He has a heart of stone
The princess was as beautiful as a flower.
14
What is a paradox?
A statement that seems contradictory but is true
A question to a direct statement
A question to reinforce an idea
A statement that seems true but is contradictory
15
What is a metaphor?
A comparison between different objects to show their similarities in color
A direct comparison between multiple objects to show their differences
A direct comparison between two things without using 'like' or 'as'
A indirect comparison using 'like' or 'as'
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What is foreshadowing?
A statement that seems contradictory
A hint about what will happen later in a story
When the audience knows something that character does not
Giving human qualities to non-human things

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