AP Lang. Literary Devices REVIEW

Question 1

An Extended Metaphor is a type of literary device

Accepted Answer

True

Question 2

“Light the first page, light the second page. Each becomes a black butterfly." is a simile.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 3

The repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses, phrases, or sentences.

Accepted Answer

anaphora

Question 4

" The books leapt and danced like roasted birds, their wings ablaze with red and yellow feathers.” is an example of ____

Accepted Answer

Personification

Question 5

Techniques that writers use to express their ideas & enhance their writing.

Accepted Answer

Literary Devices

Question 6

The main difference between similes & metaphors is that a simile _____________ .

Accepted Answer

uses "Like" or "as" to make a comparison

Question 7

Which of the following is NOT an example of compare/ contrast?

Accepted Answer

Repetition

Question 8

“Kate inched over her own thoughts like a measuring worm.” is an example of a _______.

Accepted Answer

simile

Question 9

Questioning (asking questions) can be used as a rhetorical strategy.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 10

Which of the following is NOT a rhetorical DEVICE?

Accepted Answer

Pathos

Question 11

“Well in that hit you miss. She’ll not be hit with Cupid’s arrow. She hath Dian’s wit..." is an example of an _____.

Accepted Answer

Allusion

Question 12

In the following phrase, "she's feeling blue, " the word blue means _________.

Accepted Answer

Sad

Question 13

Onomatopoeia is the repetition of the same consonant sound at the beginning of a word.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 14

"I'd kill you if you told him..." is an example of a _____ ,because it is an over exaggerated statement.

Accepted Answer

Hyperbole

Question 15

Connotation is the Implied meaning of a word, in context.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 16

The literal meaning of a word (the dictionary definition).

Accepted Answer

Denotation

Question 17

ALL of the following are examples of Figurative Language EXCEPT _________.

Accepted Answer

Juxtoposition

Question 18

a brief reference to a person, place, thing or idea of historical, cultural, literary or political significance...

Accepted Answer

Allusion

Question 19

Figures of speech that go beyond the literal meanings of the words to give readers new perspectives.

Accepted Answer

Figurative Language

Question 20

I saw the dog walking down the street. Is written from which point of view?

Accepted Answer

First

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