Literary Devices and Parts of Speech

Question 1

Scientists have made ______ improvements in medical technology over the last 30 years.

Accepted Answer

dramatic

Question 2

The restaurant can accommodate 75 customers for dinner.

Accepted Answer

accommodate means have room for; meet needs.

Question 3

"As Stanley stared at the ... night sky, he thought there was no place he would rather be."

Accepted Answer

character development

Question 4

The Olympic swimmer _______ all expectations by winning 8 gold medals.

Accepted Answer

exceeded

Question 5

Several threats to animals' survival are pollution, climate change and ______ of food.

Accepted Answer

scarcity

Question 6

"'Same old story, ... The white boy sits around while the black boy does all the work....'"

Accepted Answer

allusion to U.S. history of race relations

Question 7

"Sometimes she could hear Sam's voice.... 'Onions! Sweet fresh onions.'"

Accepted Answer

flashback

Question 8

Today's technology trend is toward electronic devices that perform multiple functions.

Accepted Answer

Trend means pattern of change in different direction.

Question 9

I am involved in a five-year project to re-design my backyard's ________.

Accepted Answer

landscape

Question 10

Offset means_____.

Accepted Answer

balance the effect of one thing by doing another action

Question 11

"... And love was new./Yet that love was deep. And pure. And true."

Accepted Answer

end rhyme

Question 12

"'Thank you,' said the Warden. 'You boys have been a big help.'"

Accepted Answer

verbal irony

Question 13

To _______ habitat destruction, environmentalists fight for laws to protect the earth.

Accepted Answer

eliminate

Question 14

The rattlesnake hissed a warning as Barf Bag stretched out his bare foot towards its head.

Accepted Answer

onomatopeia

Question 15

Incentives are _______.

Accepted Answer

reason for doing something; motivators

Question 16

"For ... twenty years Kissin' Kate Barlow was one of the most feared outlaws in all the West."

Accepted Answer

character development

Question 17

The leopard _______ its dead prey across the grass and carried it up a tree.

Accepted Answer

dragged

Question 18

"Two blocks/Then the store/That smelled like steam" The words in italics are examples of:

Accepted Answer

allusion, alliteration

Question 19

"He had no idea that I was smiling at the thought of his death."

Accepted Answer

dramatic irony

Question 20

After Montresor imprisoned Fortunato, he thought, "May he rest in peace!"

Accepted Answer

verbal irony

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