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EOC Reading SOL Literary Terms
EOC Reading SOL Literary Terms
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1
I suppose that getting into a fistfight with the principal was a little bit out of line.
Understatement
Hyperbole (Overstatement)
2
Which of these lines from Edgar Allen Poe's "The Raven" contains alliteration?
"Tis some visitor," I muttered, "tapping at my chamber door
Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak & weary
Quoth the Raven "Nevermore"
3
Tone?
"I will not be left at the mercy of our enemies while you run away and hide, you coward!"
pleased
angry
excited
suspicious
4
Which of the following is
NOT
an example of an allusion?
She transformed her backyard to look like the Garden of Eden
We'll miss him so much because he was the best dog ever.
His wife was his Achilles' heel.
I'm surprised his nose doesn't grow like Pinocchio's.
5
Which idiom goes the best with this sentence?
She memorized something.
You're the apply of my eye.
She knows it by heart.
She took me under her wing.
Her intelligence is still up in the air.
6
Mood?
The river reflecting the clear blue of the sky, glistened, sparkled & flowed noiselessly.
unsettling
happy
calm
sad
7
In Toy Story, human characters are not aware that the toys speak & move while the audience is.
none of these
dramatic irony
verbal irony
situational irony
8
What is the onomatopoeia?
The patient sounded like he was hacking up a lung.
sounded
lung
patient
hacking
9
There were always clouds in that dingy little valley. It rained. It always rained.
Understatement
Hyperbole (Overstatement)
10
Simile or Metaphor?
This assignment was a breeze.
Simile
Metaphor
11
What is the meaning of this personification?
"The camera loves me!"
Photos of me are always really good.
Photography is one of my hobbies.
I own an expensive camera.
I like to visit art museums.
12
Which sentence does
NOT
contain a euphemism?
He can talk until he's blue in the face; he is still guilty.
You need to talk to Kevin; the heavyset man in the orange.
The dog was put to sleep last night.
What he said about me is a fabrication.
13
Simile or Metaphor?
Alex could handle anything; she was as tough as nails.
Metaphor
Simile
14
Identify the paradox.
I was confused by the lesson.
The clouds drifted lazily in the sky.
The clown fish swam comically in the aquarium.
The person who wrote that book can't write.
15
Oxymoron?
A small crowd of people listened to her sing a song that was an instant classic.
small crowd
none of these
instant classic
both of these
