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1
Which of the following is a correct example of a Paradox:
"You shouldn't go in the water until you know how to swim"
"Be compassionate to be kind"
"You should go in the water until you know how to swim"
"Roses are red never blue"
2
The cabin windows have grown blank as eyeballs of the dead is an example of what literary term?
Simile
Understatement
Metaphor
Analogy
3
What is the definition of "Syntax".
The rate of movement, tempo of a story.
Exaggeration for emphasis
two unlike things compared, using a word such as like or as
The arrangement of words into sentences.
4
What is the definition of "Tone"?
A musical reference
Attitude of writer toward subject or audience
Elements that appear contradictory
Exaggeration for emphasis
5
What is the definition of "Metaphor"?
A person place or thing that represents something else
a statement that is absurd but speaks truth
two unlike things compared using a word such as like or as.
Saying something is something else
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Universal Life Lesson is the definition of what term below?
Analogy
Rhetoric
Euphemism
Theme
7
Boom, Pow, Bang, are example of what term below?
Euphemism
Onomatopoeia
Personification
Synecdoche
8
Dove representing peace is an example of what term below?
Simile
Foreshadowing
Symbolism
Paradox
9
Deafening Silence is an example of what term below?
Flashback
Oxymoron
Paradox
Euphemism
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What is the definition of "Alliteration"?
saying something is something else
specific words describing the five senses
an occurrence of the same letter in closely connected words
expressions so overused that they lost there meaning
11
What is "symbolism"?
A person/place/thing that represents something else
An object meaningful to you
A logo that is well known
Shapes
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What is the definition of "Cliches"?
an idea or that makes you think additionally to its meaning
An expression so over used that it has lost its meaning
an arrangement of words into senteces.
the rate of movement, tempo of a story
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What is a Theme?
person, place, or thing that represents something else
A longer comparison between two things
The universal truth, or central message of a part of writing
attitude of writer towards subject or audience
14
"Nice Wheels!" is an example of what term below?
Synecdoche
Oxymoron
Euphemism
Personification
15
What option below is an example of theme?
True Love
Pigs should not build houses out of straw.
Hard Work Always Pays Off
I hate the Cinderella story!
16
"Golden daffodils...Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.Continuous as the stars that shine."
Syntax
Cliches
Paradox
Imagery
17
Which of the the following is an example of an "Analogy"?
"All hands on deck"
"You can save money by spending it"
Prancing Narwhals
The comparison between life and a race.
18
Which of the following is an example of a "Hyperbole"?
"Laughter is the music of the soul"
"The clouds sailed across the sky"
"Her hope was a fragile seed"
"That new car cost a bazillion dollars"
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What is the definition of "Flashback"?
like a throwback but, better!
A style of writing that takes you back before the present.
A distinct style or writing
An arrangement of words into sentences.
20
She sells sea shells by the sea shore is an example of what term below?
Euphemism
Denotation
Connotation
Alliteration
21
What is the definition of "Pacing"?
The rate of movement, tempo of a story.
When you eat your ice cream slowly to savor the flavor.
Expressions so over used they have lost their meaning.
Comparison saying something is something else.
22
What is the definition of "Rhetoric"?
The rate of movement or pace of a story
A comparison saying something is something else
Comparing two unlike things using a word such as like or as
Writing formally and effectively to persuade people
23
What is the definition of foreshadowing"?
A person's point of view
Hints or clues about future happenings
A response to a persons argument
Watching over someone or something
24
Fame is the fragrance of heroic deeds of flowers of chivalry and not of weeds is what Lit Term?
Paradox
Foreshadowing
Metaphor
Simle
25
What is the definition of "Mood"?
comparison saying something is something else
Almost the same thing as emotion
Elements that evoke feelings or vibes in readers
An arrangement of words into a sentence
26
Saturday Night Live is a great example of what term below?
Satire
Analogy
Metaphor
Voice
27
Hot-hearted Beowulf was bent upon battle is an example of what literary term?
Understatement
Alliteration
Theme
Analogy
28
Between jobs instead of unemployed is an example of what Lit. Term?
Hyperbole
Euphemism
Cliche
Mood
29
What is the definition of "Understatement"?
Something that describes the five senses
Exaggeration for emphasis
Hints or clues about future happenings.
Intentionally make a situation less important than it is
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What is Connotative language?
saying something is something else
Five words describing the five senses
Words we associate with a word beyond its literal meaning.
The rate of movement or tempo of a story
31
teachers and homework are words associated with school. This is an example of what term below?
Denotation
Conotation
Figurative Language
Mood
32
What is the definition of an "Oxymoron"?
attitude of a writer towards a subject or an audience
using a nice word or phrase to replace a harsher term
Literary element that evokes certain vibes or feelings
Elements that appear contradictory
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What is the definition of "imagery"?
An arrangement of words into sentences.
Specific words describing the five senses
something that you imagine to make you happy.
A distinctive style or expression.
34
What is the definition of "Voice"?
Distinctive writing style or expression of a writer.
Elements that appear contradictory.
the small thing inside of your head that tells you things
An occurrence of a same sounding letter or sound.
35
What is the definition of "Simile'?
Something closely related to an assembly.
comparing two unlike things using words such as like or as.
Hints or clues about future happenings
A comparison saying something is like something else
36
The wind whispered through the trees is an example of what term below?
Personificaton
Synecdoche
Paradox
Foreshadowing
37
What is the definition of "Euphemism"?
Expressions so over used they have lost their meaning
Elements that appear contradictory
Using a nice word to replace a harsher term
distinctive style or expression of a storyteller or writer
38
In “The Raven”, the black bird stands for death and loss is an example of what?
Symbolism
Oxymoron
Foreshadowing
Theme
39
"I have so much homework I am going to die!" is an example of what term below?
Denotation
Hyperbole
Syntax
Alliteration
40
You are as beautiful as a rose is an example of what term below?
Metaphor
Simile
Voice
Mood
