Literary Devices Quiz 3

What is the term for the device of calling out to an imaginary, dead, or absent person or to a place, thing, or personified abstraction, usually in poetry but sometimes in prose?

• Apostrophe

• Argumentation

• Asyndeton

• Cacophony

Which type of writing attempts to prove the validity of a point of view or an idea by presenting reasoned arguments?

• Caricature

• Argumentation

• Connotation

• Conundrum

What is the repetition of vowel sounds between different consonants, such as in "neigh" and "fade"?

• Consonance

• Assonance

• Cacophony

• Coherence

What is the term for the use of commas with no conjunction to separate a series of words, where the parts are emphasized equally?

• Apostrophe

• Asyndeton

• Connotation

• Deduction

What term describes harsh, awkward, dissonant sounds used deliberately in poetry or prose?

• Cacophony

• Colloquialism

• Consonance

• Denotation

What is the term for descriptive writing that greatly exaggerates a specific feature of a person's appearance or a facet of personality?

• Coherence

• Caricature

• Conundrum

• Description

Which term refers to a word or phrase used in everyday conversation and informal writing but often inappropriate in formal writing?

• Colloquialism

• Connotation

• Concrete Language

• Deduction

What is the quality of a piece of writing in which all the parts contribute to the development of the central idea, theme, or organizing principle?

• Connotation

• Coherence

• Consonance

• Conundrum

What type of language describes specific, observable things, people, or places, rather than ideas or qualities?

• Concrete Language

• Connotation

• Denotation

• Description

What is the implied or suggested meaning of a word because of its association in the reader's mind?

• Denotation

• Connotation

• Coherence

• Conundrum