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When people use "cut the cheese" for "fart" (Thank my husband)
Euphemism
Connotative meaning
Denotative meaning
Euphony
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Deus ex machina
especially as a contrived plot device in a play or novel.
When the setting reflects the mood or atmosphere of the play
A technique of starting the story anywhere but the beginning
A "power" or event that comes in the nick of time
Often used as a contrived plot device in a play or novel.
3
When people use "let someone go" instead of "fired someone"
Elegy
Empathy
Euphemism
Euphony
4
When meaning is given by using language that normally signifies the opposite is called
Irony
Phrase
Monologue
Sonnet
5
A figure of speech in which a word "imitates" a sound.
Jargon
Assonance
Onomatopoeia
Consonance
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Consonance
is
the repetition of vowel sounds
the repetition of consonant sounds
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"All hands on deck" is an example of
Euphony
Meiosis
Hyperbole
Synechdoche
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lane/hail, penitent/reticence, forage/foliage, show's over/October
Rhyme
Alliteration
Assonance
Consonance
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The illustration of one idea or concept by using a similar idea or concept
Assonance
Analogy
Metaphor
Allegory
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In media res
When the setting reflects the mood or atmosphere of the play
A power or event that comes in the nick of time
A technique of starting the story anywhere but the beginning
The feeling of having purged emotional tension
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Situational Irony
is when
None of the above
we say one thing but mean another
the audience knows something the character does not
there is a difference between expectation and reality
12
Dramatic Irony
is when
We say one thing but mean another
None of the above
There is a difference between expectation and reality
The audience knows something the character does not
13
The line played in this upcoming song "Werewolves of London" (1:06-1:13) is an example of...
Cacophony
Synecdoche
Onomatopoeia
Alliteration
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Assonance
is
the repetition of vowel sounds
the repetition of consonant sounds
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groined/groaned, hall/Hell, years/yours, mystery/mastery
Assonance
Rhyme
Consonance
Dissonance
16
An extended comparison of 2 things that resemble each other but are not exactly alike
Parallelism
Paradox
Juxtaposition
Analogy
17
Brief, undeveloped reference to a presumably familiar person, place or event from history, etc.
Anecdote
Allusion
Analogy
Apostrophe
18
Example: visible darkness
Irony
Contrast
Oxymoron
Onomatopoeia
19
A reference (indirectly or unidentified) to a person, thing or event outside the literature
Allusion
Eulogy
Ellipsis
Analogy
20
Synecdoche
Using the name of the part to represent the whole
A reference to a presumably familiar place, event, or person
Musical quality made by nice sounds & images in poetry line
When one thing or idea represents another thing or idea
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Which of the following is NOT an example of
paradox
?
I must be cruel to be kind
Child is father of the man
I can resist anything but temptation
And miles to go before I sleep
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Dissonance
Euphony
Harsh sounds
The repetition of vowel sounds
The dictionary meaning of a word
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Verbal irony
is when
The audience knows something the character does not
There is a difference between expectation and reality
We say one thing but mean another
None of the above
24
His words were a knife to my heart
Figurative language
Metaphor
Simile
Personification
25
Which one is NOT an example of alliteration?
Hailey house-hunted during the holiday.
Betty loves her dog - a big beagle named Benji.
Lisa avoided Bart's friend, Millhouse.
Katherine spent all day cooking kale cookies.
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Which one is
NOT
an example of
onomatopoeia
?
Stop
Pop
Buzz
Moo
27
Hyperbole
is an understatement
False
True
28
The humourous device used in the writing in this picture
Pun
Tone
Symbol
Enjambment
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Side by side placement of words whose meaning is contradictory
Paradox
Irony
Juxtaposition
Oxymoron
