Longos Lovely Quiz

Alliteration is a literary device that involves the repetition of which of the following?

• Vowel sounds

• Consonant sounds

• Words

• Phrases

Antithesis is a literary device that involves the juxtaposition of contrasting ideas in balanced phrases.

• A literary device involving repetition

• A literary device involving contrasting ideas

• A literary device involving rhyme

• A literary device involving alliteration

An apostrophe in poetry is:

• a punctuation mark used to indicate possession

• a figure of speech where the poet addresses an absent person, an abstract idea, or a thing

• a type of stanza in a poem

• a rhyme scheme used in sonnets

What is assonance?

• A type of rhyme where the same vowel sounds are repeated.

• A figure of speech involving exaggeration.

• A literary device that uses contradictory statements.

• A form of metaphor that compares two unlike things.

A couplet is:

• a pair of successive lines of verse, typically rhyming and of the same length

• a single line of verse

• a stanza of four lines

• a poem with no rhyme scheme

An eye rhyme is a type of rhyme where the words have similar spelling but different pronunciation. Which of the following is an example of an eye rhyme?

• Love and move

• Cat and hat

• Sky and high

• Book and look

What is hyperbole?

• A figure of speech involving exaggeration

• A type of mathematical equation

• A form of government

• A style of painting

Internal rhyme is a literary device where a rhyme occurs within a single line of verse.

• A rhyme at the end of a line

• A rhyme within a single line

• A rhyme in the middle of a stanza

• A rhyme at the beginning of a line

A metaphor is a figure of speech that:

• compares two unlike things directly

• uses 'like' or 'as' to compare

• describes a sound

• is a type of alliteration

Metonymy is a figure of speech in which one word or phrase is substituted for another with which it is closely associated. Which of the following is an example of metonymy?

• The White House issued a statement.

• The cat's out of the bag.

• Time is money.

• Break a leg.