Literary Devices for AP English

Question 1

What is the name of a rhyming 4-line section of a poem?

Accepted Answer

Quatrain

Question 2

In what point of view is the character telling the story?

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First Person POV

Question 3

What the word "Death" is in the following Dickinson poem...

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personification

Question 4

In what point of view does the narrator show the inner thoughts of only one character?

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3rd Person Limited POV

Question 5

In what point of view does the narrator show no inner thoughts of any characters?

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NONE OF THESE

Question 6

In _Julius Ceasar_, "The evil that men do..." & "The good is oft interred" are both....

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personification

Question 7

What is the name for a rhyming stanza in poetry that has eight lines?

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octave

Question 8

This device refers to how a work makes a reader feel.

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Mood

Question 9

Literary device in the picture below...

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consonace, alliteration

Question 10

If you call a car, your "wheels", you are using...

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synechdoche

Question 11

What is the name for a pair of rhyming lines in a poem?

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NONE OF THESE

Question 12

The first three stanzas of the poem are all what type?

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tercets

Question 13

An extreme exaggeration

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Hyperbole

Question 14

The attitude of a writer/work is called the...

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tone

Question 15

In what point of view does the narrator know the inner thoughts of two or more characters?

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3rd Person Omniscient

Question 16

This is a comparison between two unlike things that does NOT use the words "like" or as."

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metaphor

Question 17

Literary device from the Yeats poem below...

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imagery

Questions 17