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47. What is circumlocution?
6. What is anaphora?
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6. What is anaphora?
C. Repetition of words or phrases at the beginning of clauses or sentences
D. A time-travel scene
B. Words that contradict themselves
A. Irony used in speeches
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47. What is circumlocution?
C. A playful tone
D. A suspense technique
B. A sharp metaphor
A. Indirect language used to avoid being direct
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51. What is an anachronism?
B. A historical inaccuracy placed in the wrong time
C. A tragic flaw
A. A sound device
D. A symbol used in poetry
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25. What is foreshadowing?
D. A metaphor for danger
C. A reversal of fortune
A. A hint of what is to come in the story
B. A reflection of past events
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45. What is colloquialism?
B. A formal speech
C. A common expression specific to a region or time
A. A metaphor with deep meaning
D. A poetic device
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41. What is personification?
A. A hidden truth
D. A satirical joke
B. A flashback device
C. Giving human traits to non-human things
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42. What is symbolism?
C. An ironic understatement
D. A reversed structure
A. A repetitive phrase
B. Using one thing to represent something else
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35. What is dramatic irony?
A. When the audience knows something a character doesn’t
C. A form of exaggeration
B. A loud sound effect
D. A sarcastic tone
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What does apostrophe mean
A. Addressing someone or something that is not present
C. A flashback technique
D. A pun that creates humor
B. A punctuation mark used in contractions
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39. What is exposition?
B. A comparison technique
C. Background information about character, history, etc.
A. A form of dialogue
D. A humorous aside
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37. What is a red herring?
A. A type of allusion
D. A tragic event
B. A misleading clue used to distract
C. A character's backstory
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28. What is a frame story?
B. A fable with a moral
C. A story within another story
A. A character foil
D. A rhyme scheme
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32. What is an allusion?
A. A type of irony
C. A poetic exaggeration
B. A reference to something outside the text
D. A main idea
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27. What is an anagram?
A. A pun with wordplay
B. A poetic device
D. A repeated theme
C. Letters rearranged to form a new word
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12. What does diction refer to?
D. Poetic rhythm
B. Word choice
C. A form of irony
A. Sentence structure
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19. What is hyperbole?
D. A sentence with repeated structure
A. Understated irony
B. A subtle comparison
C. An extreme exaggeration for effect
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33. What is mood?
D. A character’s dialogue
C. The feeling a reader gets from the text
A. The author’s perspective
B. A repeated theme
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What is satire
D. Present a romantic storyline
B. Make fun of society to help us see ourselves
C. Describe a fantasy world
A. Depict historical facts
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48. What is connotation?
C. A humorous phrase
D. A reversed sentence
A. The emotional or cultural meaning of a word
B. A word's literal definition
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4. What is onomatopoeia?
A. A long metaphor
C. A rhyme scheme
B. A flashback in time
D. Words that imitate sounds like "buzz" or "splash"
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14. What is rhetoric?
B. A type of symbolism
D. A recurring sound pattern
C. Historical fiction
A. The art of persuasive language
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15. What is cacophony?
C. A combination of harsh, discordant sounds
A. A pleasing melody
D. A rhetorical device
B. A poetic structure
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31. What is juxtaposition?
B. A plot twist
C. Highlighting contrast by placing things side by side
D. A symbol
A. A story from two points of view
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21. What does imagery do?
B. Tells the story from different perspectives
D. Uses inverted word order
A. Makes the reader laugh
C. Paints pictures in the reader’s mind using words
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49. What is denotation?
B. A flashback
D. A repeated symbol
A. A metaphor's hidden message
C. The literal or dictionary definition
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36. What is a pun?
C. A play on words
B. A subtle insult
D. A repetitive pattern
A. A hidden theme
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17. What is a flashback?
D. A plot twist
A. A form of climax
B. A scene that takes the reader to an earlier time
C. A metaphor
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22. What is irony?
A. A figure of speech involving exaggeration
D. A recurring theme
B. A suspense technique
C. When the actual meaning is opposite of what is stated
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29. What is litotes?
C. A recurring image
B. An understatement using a negative ("not bad")
D. A type of paradox
A. A type of simile
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23. What is alliteration?
C. A flashback technique
A. A figure of speech that compares two things
B. Repetition of the same sound in closely connected words
D. A rhetorical question
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2. What is anastrophe?
C. Inverted word order
B. A poetic metaphor
A. A phrase that sounds pleasing
D. A figure of speech that uses irony
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13. What is tone?
A. A type of sound device
B. The writer's attitude towards a subject
C. The theme of a story
D. A flashback scene
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34. What is an archetype?
D. A word with two meanings
A. A real-life reference
C. A character based on a common set of traits
B. A story twist
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9. What is an oxymoron?
B. A figure of speech with a riddle
D. An extended comparison
A. A metaphor using animals
C. Contradictory terms used together like "organized chaos"
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20. What is a simile?
C. A metaphor
B. A contrasting image
D. A word with multiple meanings
A. A comparison using "like" or "as"
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46. What is an analogy?
B. A direct opposite
D. A recurring phrase
C. A comparison of similar relationships
A. A rhyming pattern
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16. What is anthropomorphism?
A. A list of human traits
B. A realistic story
D. A biblical allusion
C. Giving human traits to non-human characters
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44. What is euphony?
D. A character's inner thoughts
C. A pleasing combination of sounds
A. A harsh, unpleasant sound
B. A repeated vowel sound
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24. What is a double entendre?
B. A hidden moral message
D. A type of allusion
C. A word or phrase with two meanings (often suggestive)
A. A form of satire
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50. What is epistrophe?
B. A repeated symbol
D. A flashback technique
A. A sudden tone shift
C. Repetition at the end of clauses or sentences
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38. What is amplification?
D. A repeated metaphor
C. A sharp tone shift
B. Adding detail to emphasize an idea or concept
A. A musical reference
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40. What is a motif?
B. A recurring element with symbolic meaning
A. A pun with two meanings
C. A flashback from the climax
D. A plot twist
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5. What is an aphorism?
C. A sound device
B. A contradiction in terms
A. A short, memorable saying that teaches a truth
D. A narrative interruption
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30. What is a metaphor?
B. An implied or hidden comparison
C. A historical reference
D. A repeated sound
A. A comparison using "as"
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43. What is antithesis?
D. A historical clue
A. A comparison using “like”
B. A dramatic twist
C. A direct opposite
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52. What is equivocation?
D. A metaphor using opposites
C. Ambiguous language to hide or avoid the truth
B. A flashback
A. A form of irony
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18. What is an allegory?
A. A story with hidden moral or political meaning
B. A humorous pun
D. A poem with rhyme
C. An allusion to past literature
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10. What is a paradox?
A. An overused saying
D. A humorous pun
C. A speech given to oneself
B. Contradictory concepts that reveal a hidden truth
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26. What is chiasmus?
B. Phrases or clauses balanced by being reversed
A. A loud, harsh sound
D. A literary joke
C. A flashback sequence
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8. What is a euphemism?
B. A comparison by contrast
D. A sound device
C. A polite way of saying something unpleasant
A. A story that represents an idea
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11. What is syntax?
B. A recurring theme
D. The dictionary meaning of a word
C. Word order
A. A persuasive argument
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1. What is a portmanteau?
C. A phrase with two meanings
D. Two or more words joined together to make a new word
A. A long, dramatic monologue
B. A character archetype
