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What is NOT an example of a category of genre?

What is the definition of an idiom?

Literary Quiz #4

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1
What is the definition of an idiom?
Also known as sarcasm
This test is a piece of cake.
Expression whose meaning isn't like the usual meaning
Forming a rhyme in only one line of verse
2
What is NOT an example of a category of genre?
Fantasy
Imagery
Biography
Nonfiction
3
What is NOT an example of an internal rhyme?
I went to town to buy a gown.
The cat sat on the mat.
The clock's run out, time's up, over, plow.
I'd like to jump in the ocean, but don't dump me in instead.
4
What are hints to the reader that something is going to happen without spoiling the suspense?
The Sixth Sense
Hubris
Hyperbole
Foreshadowing
5
What term uses words and phrases to create mental images for the reader using the 5 senses?
Imagery
Situational Irony
Genre
Symbolism
6
What is NOT true about situational irony?
It is contradictory of what is expected.
It is also called sarcasm.
You believe one thing will occur & the opposite happens.
It can be humorous or tragic.
7
What literary term is another way of saying overly arrogant?
Idiom
Hubris
Verbal Irony
Imagery
8
What is an exaggeration in writing that is used for effect?
Imagery
Hyperbole
Irony
Internal Rhyme
9
What is the definition of genre?
Primary purpose is to create acontrast to another character
An expression whose meaning is not predictable
An exaggeration in writing that is used for effect
A category of artistic composition grouped by form or style.
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When a writer uses words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of the literal meaning.
Dramatic Irony
Verbal Irony
Irony
Situational Irony