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1
Which is an example of a bildungsroman?
"Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Bronte.
"Gulliver Travels" by Jonathan Swift.
"Birches" by Robert Frost.
"A Series of Unfortunate Events" by Lemony Snicket.
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Which is not an example of imagery?
Her breath smelled like peppermints.
The word spread like leaves in a storm.
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He had on cologne so powerful it seemed to choke me.
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Which is not an example of hyperbole?
I like frogs.
I am so hungry I could eat a horse.
It is raining cats and dogs.
The school is big enough to have its own zip code.
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Which is an example of an oxymoron?
You, your.
Seeing my ex is sweet agony.
The recurrence of a consonant in a sentence.
Drama that addresses terrible events in a dignified manner.
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Which is not a theme?
Coming of age.
Death.
Nemesis.
The circle of life.
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What is an analogy?
An indirect reference.
A main idea or a hidden meaning.
Using detailed definitions to engage the reader's senses.
A comparison used to explain something.
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What is a foil?
A character used to show specific things in the protagonist.
A picture, sound, or reference that develops the theme.
An indirect reference.
Words that sound the same as the are spelled.
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What is personification?
A main idea or hidden meaning.
A struggle between two forces.
Giving human characteristics to inhuman things.
A form of writing that describes imaginary events and people
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Which is an example of assonance?
But no such roses I see in her cheeks.
Go and mow the lawn Joe.
You are a regular Einstein.
You look like a dog.
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Which is not an anagram?
Dormitory- Dirty Room
Cinema- Ice Cream
Punishments- Nine Thumps
Debit Card- Bad Credit
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Which is an example of tone?
Revulsion
First- I, me, we, us, my
Flowers
Vertically-challenged
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What is alliteration?
Saying one thing, but meaning another.
A rival; an archenemy.
The recurrence of a consonant in a sentence.
Giving human characteristics to inhuman things.
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Which is not an example of a flashback?
How you met friends.
Current thoughts.
Childhood.
When you got your first pet.
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What is a drama?
Word/phrase formed when letters of another word are jumbled.
Using detailed definitions to engage the readers senses.
Time, place, date, and duration of a story.
A play that shows a story that contains a conflict of roles.
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Which is not an archetype?
The dog.
The villain.
The hero.
The bully.
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Which is not an example of onomatopoeia?
Gross!
Boom!
Pow!
Zap!
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Which is not an example of a euphemism?
Departed instead of dead.
Economically disadvantaged instead of poor.
Vertically-challenged instead of short.
But no such roses I see in her cheeks.
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Which is an example of irony?
A traffic cop gets his license suspended for unpaid tickets.
Vertically-challenged instead of short.
The word spread like leaves in a storm.
The barbed wire was as sharp as a razor.
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Which is an example of an allusion?
You are not doing badly at all.
You are a regular Einstein.
The clicking of pens is so annoying.
He is like a rock.
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What is a couplet?
An interruption in a story to look back in time.
A universal symbol that represents patterns of human nature.
A representation of an object, function, or process.
Two lines in a verse of a poem that rhyme and form a pair.
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Which is not an example of a soliloquy?
John and Elizabeth's talk in The Crucible by Arthur Miller.
Juliet's speech in Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare
Hamlet's monologue in Hamlet by William Shakespeare.
Proctor's monologue in The Crucible by Arthur Miller.
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What is a doppelganger?
The suppressed side of one's personality.
The rearrangement of letters in a word to form a new word.
A play on words.
A representation of an object, function, or process.
23
Which is not an example of a tragedy?
Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
Les Miserables by Victor Hugo
Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare
Twilight by Stephanie Meyer
24
Which is an example of fiction writing?
Dictionaries.
Encyclopedias.
Thesauruses.
Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carrol.
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What is point of view?
A universal symbol that represents patterns of human nature.
Using detailed definitions to engage the readers senses.
A struggle between two forces.
The mode of narration.
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What is a nemesis?
A coming of age story.
Two lines in a verse of a poem that rhyme and form a pair.
A comparison using like or as.
A rival; archenemy.
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Which is not an example of a simile?
You smell like a rose.
The clouds are as white as snow.
You are as brave as a lion.
You are a pig.
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What is denotation?
A main idea or a hidden meaning.
Word/phrase formed when letters of another word are mixed up
A word defined one way but meant in another in text.
A coming-of-age story.
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Which is an example of an anastrophe?
You have pretty eyes.
But no such roses I see in her cheeks.
I like your shirt.
But I see no roses in her cheeks
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Which is an example of a symbol?
Water for Baptism.
Flowers for fall.
Fire for sadness.
Roses for heartbreak.
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What is an anachronism?
Using detailed definitions to engage the readers senses.
Something/one that is not in their correct historical time.
A main idea or hidden meaning.
A monologue that is spoken aloud, regardless of listeners.
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What is a setting?
Time, place, date, and duration of a story.
Saying one thing but meaning another.
Drama that addresses terrible events in a dignified manner.
Words that sound the same as they are spelled.
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What is a litote?
A play on words.
An ironic understatement.
Witty social criticism.
A coming of age story.
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Which is an example of non-fiction?
Encyclopedia
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J. K. Rowling.
City of Ashes by Cassandra Clare
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins.
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What is a metaphor?
A comparison saying that something is another thing.
Time, place, date, and duration of a story.
A rival; archenemy.
Witty social criticism.
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What is satire?
The suppressed side of one's personality.
Witty social criticism.
A play on words.
An indirect reference.
37
Which is not an example of motif?
In The Handmaiden's Tale, a motif example is slavery.
One motif in To Kill a Mockingbird are the Gothic details.
A motif in The Crucible is accusation.
One motif in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is childhood
38
Which is an example of a pun?
He was a worm, wiggling around in the dirt.
Zap! goes the static electricity.
Reading while sunbathing makes you well red.
The clouds were like cotton candy floating around in the air
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Which is an example of consonance?
Imitating teachers is a terrible thing to do.
You are not doing bad at all.
He is like a rock.
Revulsion.
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Which is not an example of conflict?
Man vs. Self
Man vs. Nature
Foil
Man vs. Man
