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What is a idiom ?
What is a theme ?
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This is an quiz on all different types of literary terms .
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What is a theme ?
The summary of what the story is about
The main idea or message conveyed by the piece .
What the story is all about .
The atmosphere or emotional condition created by the story .
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What is a idiom ?
Phase that has one meaning .
A phase that states something clearly .
Phases that say one thing but mean another.
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The sentence :
" My dog is as smelly as dirty socks " Is an example of ?
Foreshadowing
hyperbole
Simile
Metaphore
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What is an onomatopoeia ?
The same beginning constant sound in a line or verse .
A word that imitates the sound it represents
When all of the ending of words in a sentence sound alike .
An exaggerated statement
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What is a flashback ?
Remembering a previous experience while being in the present
When you want to go back in time .
Thinking of plans for the future ,
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The sentence : "
The car's engine coughed its last breath " Is an example of ?
A Flashback
A Metaphor
Imagery
Personification
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What is Personification ?
Giving an un-living thing human qualities .
Giving the hint that something is coming up in the story .
Phase that say one thing ,but mean another .
The repetition of similar sounds .
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An simile is ?
Comparison of twounlike things without using “like” or “as”
Comparison between unlike things ,using “like” or“as”
An exaggerated statementused to make a point .
Comparing two things in a story .
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The sentence :
"One bite of the sour lemon caused my lips to pucker ."
Is an example of ?
An Illusion
Imagery
A Flashback
A thought
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What is an Metaphor ?
An comparison of two things using "like" or "as" .
Giving an unliving thing human qualities .
An comparison of two unlike things without "like" or "as" .
When the beginning of the words in an sentence sound alike .
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Which best describes an hyperbole ?
Being hyper
Exaggerating
Showing Excitement
Making sounds
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Alliteration is ?
Word that imitate a sound .
Exaggeration
The same beginning constant sound in a line or verse .
Creating a picture with words .
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A literary device is ?
techniques uses to produce a special effect in writing
Different topics in writing
When you make your writing good .
The way you edit your story,to make it better
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The sentence :
" He's a real Romeo with the ladies "
is an example of ..?
A Hyperbole
A Metaphore
An Allusion
Imagery
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The sentence : "
Allie ate apples all afternoon "
is an example of ...
Alliteration
Onomatopoeia
A Simile
A Hyperbole
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The statement :
" My feet are killing me "
is an example of ?
Hyperbole
Imagery
Alliteration
Excuse
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An example of Alliteration is ?
The huge house hunted humans with its size .
The house was a castle .
The horse was as big as a building .
The house looked over the small houses .
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The statement : "
He is a walking dictionary " is an example of ?
She's a ssmart girl
A Simile
Alliteration
A Metaphore
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Which is the best use of an onomatopoeia ?
I drove around the corner and BAM there was this huge house
You eat like you're an animal.
She thought of the huge house she saw .
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Which best identifies what symbolism means ?
Using a symbole like "." " ! " at the end of a sentence.
When you repeat the word symbol in the story multiple times.
Making fun of something, making an statement about something
Using something to give meaning to something else
