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Duplicate of Figurative Language
Duplicate of Figurative Language
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Examples and definitions make up the questions behind this "literary devices quiz."
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Identify the figurative language: “The moon hung like a light bulb in the sky.”
Satire
Personification
Metaphor
Simile
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Identify the figurative language: “I'm so hungry I could eat a horse!"
Hyperbole
alliteration
Onomatopoeia
Allusion
3
When the reader or audience understands more about the events of a story than a character does.
Verbal irony
Situational irony
Dramatic irony
Allusion
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To repeat a word, phrase, stanza, form or effect in any form of literature.
Oxymoron
Metaphor
Repetition
Idiom
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When a person says one thing, but means the opposite. (Sarcasm)
Verbal irony
Dramatic irony
Oxymoron
Situational irony
6
Identify the stylistic device: I do not like green eggs and ham, I do not like them Sam I am.
Alliteration
Assonance
Rhyme
Irony
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A person, place, or thing that stands for a greater idea.
Imagery
Symbolism
Hyperbole
Alliteration
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A comparison in which the subject is compared point by point to something far different.
personification
oxymoron
analogy
idiom
9
seriously funny & pretty ugly are 2 examples of______________.
Idiom
Oxymoron
Paradox
Satire
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The writer's attitude toward the subject.
Diction
Mood
Connotation
Tone
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A reference to another piece of literature, history, mythology, or the Bible.
Allusion
Imagery
Personification
Alliteration
12
Identify the stylistic device: “Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers."
Rhyming
Assonance
Alliteration
Irony
13
Identify the figurative language: “Her eyes were blue fire.”
Simile
Jargon
Metaphor
Satire
14
What is a word that imitates the sound it represents?
Personification
Onomatopoeia
Propaganda
Hyperbole
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An incongruity between what is expected to happen and what actually does happens.
Idiom
Situational Irony
Dramatic irony
Verbal irony
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The emotional effect that the text creates for the audience.
diction
tone
connotation
mood
17
Identify the stylistic device: The rain in Spain falls mainly on the plains.
assonance
repetition
onmatopoeia
alliteration
18
An expression with a meaning different from the literal meaning.
Idiom
Simile
Hyperbole
Paradox
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Identify the stylistic device: “The sweet smell of freshly baked apple filled the air.”
Imagery
Oxymoron
Irony
Paradox
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Identity the figurative language used: The sun played peek-a-boo with the clouds.
Personification
Symbolism
Metaphor
Jargon
