Lit Terms Practice With Ex. Flashcards

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I'm so tired, I could sleep for a week! This is an example of:

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hyperbole

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"Of course I want to clean the toilets," Jeremy said as he rolled his eyes at his mom. This is an example of:

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verbal irony

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I wanted to know what the other students were thinking, but I could not read it on their faces. This is an example of:

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First person narration

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The fire station burned down yesterday. This is an example of:

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situational irony

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BANG! The gun sounded. This is an example of:

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onomatopoeia

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She ran like a cheetah to the boy that fell.

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simile

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“Danny strolled to the town common, sat on one of the benches in Teenytown and took one of the bottles out of the bag, looking down on it like Hamlet with Yorick's skull” ― Stephen King, Doctor Sleep

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allusion

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“I like to walk in the woods and see what Mother Nature is wearing.” - Flannery O'Connor, Good Country People

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personification

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Oh! Stars and clouds and winds, ye are all about to mock me; if ye really pity me, crush sensation and memory; let me become as naught; but if not, depart, depart, and leave me in darkness.” This quotation has an example of

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apostrophe

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“Welcome, O life! I go to encounter for the millionth time the reality of experience and to forge in the smithy of my soul the uncreated conscience of my race.” This quotation has an example of ALL EXCEPT the following: metaphor, hyperbole, apostrophe, personification

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personification