All theme statements have to be all of the following EXCEPT....

A statement about what happens in the story

What is the definition of a "romance"?

Idealized hero undertakes a quest and is successful

Opponent who struggles against or blocks the hero

Calling out to a dead, imaginary person or abstract idea

Central character who lacks all traditional heroic qualities

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Literary Devices Semester Exam Review

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Which of these is a term for when one of the characters tells the story?
Third Person Omniscient POV
Objective POV
First Person POV
Third Person Limited POV
2
A 19th century movement in literature & art which advocated recording the artist's impressions
Modernism
Naturalism
Impressionism
Plain Style
3
A rhetorical balance in which the second part is syntactically balanced against the first.
Chiasmus
Structure
Parallel Structure
Balance
4
What is another name for resolution?
Denouement
Introduction
Exposition
Juxtaposition
5
All theme statements have to be all of the following EXCEPT....
Universal
Complete Sentences
A statement about what happens in the story
Insight about Human Life
6
A style of writing that portrays the inner (often chaotic) workings of a character's mind
Confessional Poetry
First Person POV
Symbolic Writing
Stream of Consciousness
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A figure of speech that makes a comparison between two unlike things without like or as.
Epigraph
Hyperbole
Metaphor
Simile
8
What is a scene that interrupts the normal chronological sequence to depict an earlier event?
Foil
Flashback
Farce
Foreshadowing
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Commas used without conjunction to separate a series of words, "The writer uses x,y,z."
Syntax
Asyndeton
Polysydeton
Commazation
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A type of sentence that places the main idea at the end of the sentence, after intro elements.
Parallel
Loose
Periodic
Paratactic
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What is the definition of a "romance"?
Love story
Idealized hero undertakes a quest and is successful
Your mom!
Love story that ends in death
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Antagonist is?
The balancing of words, phrases or ideas that are contrasted
A character who undergoes change
Opponent who struggles against or blocks the hero
A static character
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Inversion of the usual, normal or logical order of the parts of a sentence (inversion)
Inversion
Anastrophe
Syntax
Epistrophe
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Sentence of three parts of equal importance and length, usually three independent clauses
Tricolon
Triplet
Triumvirate
Tripoly
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A discrepancy between appearances and reality.
Wrinkly
Metonymy
Paradox
Irony
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The reversal of the normal word order in a sentence or phrase.
Juxtaposition
Inversion
Hypotactic
Dead Metaphor
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Form of nonfiction or fiction that teaches a specific lesson or moral.
Short Story
Fable
Didactic
Epistrophe
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Movement that held that every individual can reach ultimate truths through spiritual intiution
Transcendentalism
Romanticism
Symbolism
Surrealism
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Sentence structures that are extraordinarily complex and involved; often difficult to follow
Syntactic Permutation
Periodic Sentence
Telegraphic Sentence
Syntactic Fluency
20
Apostrophe is?
Another word for personification
Calling out to a dead, imaginary person or abstract idea
Commas used without conjunction to separate series of words
Punctuation (')
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What is an antihero?
The central character and protagonist
Central character who lacks all traditional heroic qualities
Another word for antagonist
Character related to the hero
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A long narrative poem, written in heightened language, which recounts a heroic character
Sonnet
Epic
Lyric Poem
Narrative
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What is a FOS in which something is referred to by something closely associated with it?
Metonymy
Synecdoche
Metaphor
Simile
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A stanza of four lines.
Octave
Quatrain
Couplet
Triplet
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A poem that does not tell a story but expresses personal feelings or thoughts of a speaker.
Lyric
Confessional
Ballad
Sonnet
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A very short story that teaches a practical lesson about how to succeed in life.
Paradox
Fable
Farce
Foil
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Ridiculous and often stereotyped characters in silly far-fetched situations
Parody
Irony
Farce
Comedy
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What is the structure of an English sonnet?
4 quatrains and a couplet
3 quatrains and a couple
1 octave and 1 sestet
2 octaves and a couplet
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A question asked for an effect, and not actually requiring an answer.
Rhetorical Question
Stereotype Question
Refrain
Emphasis Question
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A work that makes fun of another work by imitating some aspect of the writer's style.
Satire
Parody
Comedy
Paradox
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A sentence so that both halves are the same length and same importance.
Balance Beam
Balance by a Thread
Balance Diet
Balance
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What is a story or poem in which characters, settings & events stand for other people or events
Alliteration
Allegory
Parable
Allusion
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A story that ends with a happy resolution of the conflict faced by the main characters.
Drama
Comedy
Fairy Tale
Mystery
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A sentence marked by the use of connecting words showing logical relationships between them.
Hypotactic
Loose
Periodic
Explication
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The rise and fall of the voice produced by the alternation of stressed and unstressed syllables
Rhyme
Soliloquy
Rhythm
Syntactic Fluency
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The atmosphere created by a writer's diction and the details selected.
Tone
Mood
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Which character does not change much in the course of a story?
Static
Flat
Round
Dynamic
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Lit movement that rearranged the world ofappearances in order to reveal a more truthful reality
Transcendentalism
Symbolism
Surrealism
Romanticism
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The associations and emotional overtones that have become attached to a word or phrase.
Hypotactic
Explication
Connotation
Denotation
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The attitude of the writer(shown through the use of diction, figurative language, organization)
Mood
Style
Tone
Plot
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A statement that appears self-contradictory, but reveals a kind of truth.
Oxymoron
Paradox
Parable
Koan
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What is the act of interpreting or discovering the meaning of a text? A close reading.
Close reading
Inversion
Annotation
Explication
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Which irony is it when the audience or reader knows what is happening, but the characters dont?
Situational
Verbal
Dramatic
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Comparison made between two things to show they are alike.
Analogy
Simile
Metaphor
Anecote
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Ability to create a variety of sentence structures, app. complex and/or simple w/ varied length
Loose Sentence
Parallel Structure
Syntactic Fluency
Balance
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Which metaphor is developed as far as the writer wants to take it? (Conceit if elaborate)
Implied
Dead
Extended
Mixed
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What is it called when an unknown narrator tells the story but only in the mind of 1 character
Objective POV
Third Person Limited POV
Third Person Omniscient POV
First Person POV
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A word, phrase, line or group of lines that is repeated for effect several times.
Refrain
Chorus
Verse
Rhetoric
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A FOS in which a part represents the whole: Wheels represent a car.
Metonymy
Synecdoche
Metaphor
Symbol
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A character that contrasts another character. For example, funny side kick to a dashing hero.
Round
Foil
Dynamic
Static
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A FOS in which an object or animal is given human thoughts, feelings or attitudes.
Metonymy
Personification
Simile
Metaphor
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Bad things happen and people die; story does not end happily
Tragedy
Medieval Romance
Epic
Comedy
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An omniscient or all knowing narrator tells the story, tells the story of many characters
First Person POV
Third Person Omniscient POV
Objective POV
Third Person Limited POV
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Which character is the one who changes in some important way as a result of the action?
Flat
Static
Round
Dynamic
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An outrageously exaggerated, humorous story that is obviously unbelievable
Fable
Tall Tale
Vernacular
Parable
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A great praise or commendation, a laudatory speech about someone who died.
Eulogy
Elegy
Epistrophe
Epithet
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What is another word for "hamartia?"
Plot Chart
Point of View
Tragic Flaw
Hyperbole
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A feeling of uncertainty and curiosity about what will happen next in a story.
Foreshadowing
Style
Suspense
Rising Action
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Which of these is not a part of the plot chart?
Point of View
Exposition
Rising Action
Climax
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Sentence in which a main clause comes first, followed by further grammatical units.
Loose
Periodic
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The repetition of similar vowel sounds followed by a diff. consonant sounds: do, you, blue
Alliteration
Rhyme
Assonance
Consonance
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What is diction?
Two lines of rhyming poetry.
The dictionary definition of a word.
A speaker or writer's choice of words.
Writing that teaches a lesson.
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A relatively short story that teaches a moral or lesson about how to lead a good life.
Koan
Parody
Paradox
Parable
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What is the sound of one hand clapping? --Buddha
Paradox
Impossiblity
Koan
Parable
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Which of these is a simile?
Her smile is like the sun.
The rain falls as if it will never stop.
To me, she was the sun.
I don't like cats or snakes.
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A central character in a story, the one who initiates or drives the action.
Static Character
Dynamic Character
Protagonist
Antagonist
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The reasons for a character's behavior.
The Author
Motivation
Character
Mannerisms
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What is the structure of an Italian sonnet?
2 octaves and a quatrain
4 quatrains and a couplet
1 octave and a seset
3 quatrains and a couple
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Character with more dimension and complexity to their personalities.
Round
Flat
Static
Dynamic
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Which of these is a fixed idea or conception of a character based on prejudices?
Archetype
Static Character
Stereotypes
Dynamic Character
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What is an incredible exaggeration or overstatement?
Hypotactic
Hyperbole
Farce
Litotes
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A revolt against rationalism that affected literature and arts in the late 18th century
Symbolism
Romanticism
Surrealism
Transcendentalism
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One statement & an explanation separated by a colon. "These are the times that try mens souls:
Assonance
Apposition
Parallelism
Aphorism
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Repetition of a word, phrase, or clause at the beginning of two or more sentences in a row
Reptition
Antithesis
Anastrophe
Anaphora
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A sentence shorter than five words in length.
Syntactic Permutation
Periodic Sentence
Loose Sentence
Telegraphic Sentence
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A person place or thing that has meaning in itself and also stands for something else.
Metaphor
Personification
Simile
Symbol
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A recurring image, word, phrase, or action used throughout a work.
Mood
Motivation
Motif
Metaphor
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Where is the volta in an Italian sonnet?
Line 6
Line 13
Line 14
Line 9
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Brief story, told to illustrate a point or serve as an example of something.
Asyndeton
Foil
Colloquialism
Anecdote
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Which of these is indirect characterization?
He was wearing a gray hood with the best fur in the land.
He was a jolly fellow who loved laughing and joking.
She was rich and smart.
She was gentle, kind and loved animals.
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A type of writing that ridicules the shortcomings of people or things in order to cause change
Satire
Parody
Comedy
Romance
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An adjective or adjective phrase used to emphasize a characteristic "Father of our Country"
Epithet
Hypotactic
Foil
Title
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What is a couplet?
Two stanzas that balance each other
Four rhyming lines of poetry.
Two consecutive rhyming lines of poetry
A couple with problems.
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A long speech made by a character in a play while no other characters are on stage.
Monologue
Soliloquy
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A statement that says less than what is meant.
Understatement
Unity
Tone
Hyperbole
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Art of effective communication, especially for persuasive discourse.
Rhetoric
Rhetorical Analysis
Rowboat
Refrain
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a word or phrase that has become lifeless because of overuse.
Connotation
Conceit
Colloquialism
Cliche
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Which irony occurs when someone says one thing but means another?
Dramatic
Verbal
Situational
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A sentence that juxtaposes clauses or sentences. I am so tired; it is hot.
Paratactic
Periodic
Loose
Antimetabole
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A movement started in Europe in 1920s, believed in the full expression of the unconscious mind
Symbolism
Transcendentalism
Surrealism
Romanticism
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What is a repetition of words in successive clauses in reverse grammatical order?
Anastrophe
Antimetabole
Dialect
Antithesis
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The quotation at the beginning of a literary work (on the title page) that suggests the theme
Anagram
Elegy
Epanalepsis
Epigraph
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The opposite of anaphora, phrases are repeated at the end of the line
Epistrophe
Epanalepsis
Anaphora
Apostrophe
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Placing unassociated ideas, words or phrases next to each other creating surprise or wit.
Metonymy
Juxtaposition
Paradox
Motif
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A word or phrase appropriate for everyday use but not appropriate for formal situations.
Asyndeton
Colloquialism
Conceit
Aphorism
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Empty question
Empty choice
Empty choice
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Writing style that stresses simplicity and clarity of expression, used by Puritan writers
Plain Style
Naturalism
Modernism
Impressionism
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Style of America's early colonists, emphasizes obedience to God, consists of journals, sermons
Regionalism
Puritanism
Rationalism
Realism
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Poetry that describes poetry that uses intimate material from the poet's life.
Dialetic Poetry
Confessional Poetry
Personal Poetry
Diary-like Poetry
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Literature that emphasizes a specific geographic setting and reproduces their behavior & speech
Realism
Rationalism
Regionalism
Puritanism
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Which irony takes place when there is a discrepancy between what is expected and what happens?
Verbal
Situational
Dramatic
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Reference to someone or something that is known from history, literature, etc.
Anaphora
Analogy
Antagonist
Allusion
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Words that aren't meant to be interpreted literally. Similes and metaphors are types of this..
Simile
Figurative Language
Metaphor
Analogy
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A 19th century literary movement,an extension of realism that claimed to portray life as it was
Naturalism
Modernism
Impressionism
Plain Style
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A poem of mourning, usually about someone who has died.
Elegy
Epanalepsis
Epic
Epigraph
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A FOS that combines opposite or contradictory terms in a brief phrase, Jumbo shrimp.
Metaphor
Paradox
Simile
Oxymoron
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Conflict that exists between two people, nature, a machine or society.
Bad Conflict
External Conflict
Drama
Internal Conflict
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What is the repetition of the same or similar consonant sounds in words that are close 2gether.
Alliteration
Anaphora
Allusion
Ambiguity
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The series of events in a story.
Summary
Timeline
Exposition
Plot
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The repetition of words or phrases that have similar grammatical structures.
Paradox
Oxymoron
Antithesis
Parallel Structure
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An elaborate metaphor that compares two startling different things, often an extended metaphor.
Antimetabole
Conceit
Anastrophe
Cliche
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What is a term applied to a piece that places special emphasis on a particular setting.
Dialect
Setting
Local Color
Exposition
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A way of speaking that is characteristic of a certain social group or the local people
Diatribe
Diction
Dialect
Didactic
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Which metaphor has been used so often that the comparison is no longer vivid?
Implied
Mixed
Dead
Extended
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What is poetry that doesn't conform to a regular meter or rhyme scheme?
Blank Verse
Rhyme Scheme
Sonnets
Free Verse
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What is another word for personification?
Assonance
Asyndeton
Anthropomorphism
Aphorism
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The language spoken by the people who lie in a particular locality
Vernacular
Diction
Dialect
Colloquialism
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A brief, cleverly worded statement that makes a wise observation about life
Apposition
Aphorism
Theme
Allegory
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Sentence which uses many conjunctions and no commas: chips and drinks and candy.
Asyndeton
Metonymy
Polysyndeton
Synecdoche
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What is foreshadowing?
Flashing forward
A contrast
Figure of speech
Hints or clues
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Repeating the same expression at the beginning &end of the line "Common sense is not so common"
Anaphora
Epanalepsis
Epigraph
Epithet
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A play on words based on multiple meanings of the same word, Cooper LOVES them.
Symbol
Parallel
Pun
Metaphor
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Where is the volta in an English sonnet?
Line 14
Line 9
Line 6
Line 13
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The distinctive way in which a writer uses language, a writer's use of diction, tone and syntax
Style
Point of View
Diction
Plot
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Which metaphor does not state explicitly the two terms of comparison?
Mixed
Dead
Implied
Extended
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Use of language to evoke apicture or concrete sensation of a person, place, thing or experience
Figurative Language
Imagery
Metaphor
Simile
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What is litotes?
Understatement
Overstatement
Figure of speech
Juxtaposition
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Deliberately suggesting two different and sometimes conflicting meanings.
Allusion
Allegory
Anastrophe
Ambiguity
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Style of writing that attempts to depict life accurately without idealizing or romanticizing it
Rationalism
Regionalism
Realism
Puritanism
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Character with only one or two personality traits. They are one dimensional.
Static
Flat
Dynamic
Round
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Which of these is direct characterization?
She was smart, opinionated and driven.
She drove a new car and lived in the best neighborhood.
She loved to volunteer at the animal shelter and rescue dogs
She wore a blue jacket of the finest velvet.
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Movement that held we can arrive at true by using our reason rather than the past or church.
Rationalism
Puritanism
Realism
Regionalism
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Bold new experimental styles and forms that swept the arts during first 1/3 of 20th century
Impressionism
Plain Style
Modernism
Naturalism
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Which metaphor has gotten out of control and mixes it terms so that they are incompatible?
Implied
Extended
Mixed
Dead

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