Lit Term Practice #2

When the audience/reader knows something that a character does not.

• Situational Irony

• Verbal Irony

• Dramatic Irony

"...so that's how this cookie is going to crumble."

• Metaphor

• Idiom

• Hyperbole

• Foreshadow

Which of the following sentences uses personification?

• The gardener lovingly added the manure to his crops believing he was making happy flowers.

• He is as sly as a fox.

• He drowned in a sea of grief.

• Her blue eyes were as bright as the Sun, blue as the sky, but soft as silk.

Which of the following is an example of metaphor?

• The music coursed through us, shaking our bodies as if it came from within us.

• She is experiencing a rollercoaster of emotions since her dad died.

• The lumberjack leveled the many trees into a clearing and his chainsaw sang its deadly song.

• The little girl was as snug as a bug in a rug.

Which sentence has a "stronger" connotation:

• They wanted revenge.

• They thirsted for revenge.

• They sought revenge.

• They desired revenge.

"Ma", "Mom", and "Mother" all reflect different:

• Diction

• Denotation

• Anaphora

"That you were Romeo, you were throwing pebbles/and my daddy said 'Stay away from Juliet'"

• Paradox

• Allusion

• Simile

• Idiom

How many times should you read a poem?

• Once

• Twice

• Three

• Four

"You're hot when you're cold, You're yes then you're no, You're wrong when it's right."

• Oxymoron

• Allusion

• Paradox

• Personication

Which sentence is NOT parallelism

• Out of sight-out of mind.

• She likes cooking, jogging, and to read.

• Flying is fast, comfortable and safe.

• She likes cooking, jogging and reading.