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Duplicate of AP English Literary Devices - Meaning
Duplicate of AP English Literary Devices - Meaning
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1
A child addressing a celestial body in “Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star” is an example of?
apostrophe
cacophony
personification
understatement
2
Which of the following is a metaphor?
Sue-Ellen was as happy as a clam.
Life is like a box of chocolates.
The referee was blind as a bat.
Her smile lit up the room.
3
"Washington is gridlocked and broken; it's time for a change" is an example of?
mood
motif
metaphor
metonymy
4
"If this sentence is true, then Santa Claus exists." is an example of?
paradox
internal rhyme
hyperbole
malapropism
5
Which of the following is an example of a simile?
Ivan the Terrible
Seven seals sold secret signs.
Zeus himself thrust the bolts towards the earth.
Jim Bob ran as fast as greased lightning.
6
The blue crab is a (n) __________ of the state of Maryland.
symbol
exception
hyperbolic description
allegory
7
"Boots on the ground" is an example of?
juxtaposition
synecdoche
irony
Schenectady
8
Instead of calling someone poor, you could use the _______ "economically disadvantaged"
apostrophe
metaphor
analogy
euphemism
9
"How did I escape Iraq...? Iran." is an example of?
anaphora
pun
motif
alliteration
10
"Just as swords are the weapon of warriors, pens are the weapon of writers." is an example of?
euphemism
hyperbole
double entendre
analogy
11
"Fit as a fiddle" is a _____ phrase used to describe someone in good physical shape
cliché
oxymoronic
ironic
anecdotal
12
“Youthful” and “immature,” though they share the same literal meaning, have different _______
irony
denotations
number of vowels
connotations
13
"I've never had chocolate like that before" is ______ as to whether they tasted good or bad
ironic
humorous
ambiguous
paradoxical
14
“Slender” and “skinny” suggest different associations, but they share the same _______
connotations
final letter
implications
denotations
15
A pilot with a fear of heights is an example of?
parallelism
situational irony
hyperbole
verbal irony
16
George Orwell's
Animal Farm
is a prime example of a political _______
portmanteau
fabliau
allegory
epic
17
Which of the following is an oxymoron?
jumbo shrimp
red herring
ugly uncle
vast lake
18
"Those sweets are my Achilles' heel" is a(n)______ to the fierce warrior of Greek mythology
contrast
connotation
allusion
metaphor
19
This would be described as the juxtaposition of two ideas or things that are dissimilar
hyperbole
euphemism
contrast
consonance
20
"Death waits for no man" is an example of?
asyndeton
personification
characterization
parallelism
21
"I'm so hungry, I could eat a horse!" is an example of?
assonance
contrast
hyperbole
irony
