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IB Eng A Literary Devices Practice Quiz
IB Eng A Literary Devices Practice Quiz
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IB Eng A Literary Devices Practice
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What is antithesis?
When the speaker raises a question and also gives an answer
emphasizes the contrast between two ideas
Deliberate exaggeration
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What is alliteration?
The initial consonant sound is repeated in neighboring words
The same word is used to begin other clauses or sentences
to explain or clarify a complex problem
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What is an understatement?
Question without a direct answer
Direct comparison
Weaken or soften a statement
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What is repetition?
Additional information
Repeating words or phrases
Attribution of human ways to animals or inanimate objects
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What is a simile?
Direct comparison
Question without a direct answer
Weaken or soften a statement
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What is hyperbole?
emphasizes the contrast between two ideas
When the speaker raises a question and also gives an answer
Deliberate exaggeration to draw attention
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What is verbal irony?
The difference of what is expected to happen and what does
When the audience is more aware than a character
mean something different than what they appear to mean
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What is dramatic irony?
The difference between what might happen and what does
to mean something different than what they appear to mean
the audience is more aware of what happens than a character.
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What is anaphora?
is used to explain or clarify a complex problem
The initial consonant sound is repeated in neighboring words
The same word is used to begin successive clauses
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What is parenthesis?
Attribution of human characteristics to animals
adding additional information
Repeating words or phrases
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What is hypophora?
emphasises the contrast between two ideas
When the speaker raises a question and also gives an answer
Deliberate exaggeration
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What is parallelism?
when successive clauses are similarly structured
compares two different things in a figurative sense
when the pronunciation of the word imitates a sound
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What is situational irony?
the audience is more aware of what happens than a character
The difference between what might happen and what does
to mean something different than what they appear to mean
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What is metaphor?
when successive clauses are similarly structured
when the pronunciation of the word imitates a sound
this figurative expression compares two different things
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What is onomatopoeia?
this compares two different things in a figurative sense
when successive clauses are similarly structured
when the pronunciation of the word imitates a sound
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What is a rhetorical question?
Question without a direct answer
Weaken or soften a statement
Direct comparison
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What are the three types of irony in literature?
verbal, situational & foolish
oral, situational & dramatic
oral, occasional & dramatic
verbal, situational & dramatic
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What is mood?
the atmosphere of a piece of writing; it’s emotions
the author’s attitude toward a subject
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What is tone?
the author’s attitude toward a subject
the atmosphere of a piece of writing; the emotions evoked
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What is personification?
Adding additional information
Attribution of human ways to animals or inanimate objects
Repeating words or phrases
