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Which of the following is a not a form of irony?
Verbal Irony
Situational Irony
Paradoxical Irony
Dramatic Irony
the repetition of consonant sounds which occur anywhere in the words of a textual line is called?
End rhyme
Assonance
Denotation
Consonance
splash, fizz, honk, buzz are the examples of?
onomatopoeia
Hyperbole
Anaphora
Metaphor
________creates a vivid but exaggerated picture
Metaphors
Conceits
Hyperbole
Alliteration
Personification is
the main character is what the story is about
the person in the story is telling the story
giving lifelike qualities to inanimate objects
None of the above
Alliteration is
how well a person can read, write, and speak
repeating first sounds of words in a series
speaking clearly or using the right words in writing
sounds in the words that are spelled like they sound
When an actor speaks their thoughts out loud to the audience; used to help the audience understand what an actor is thinking?
Soliloquy
Repetition
Theme
Metaphor
An expression peculiar to a particular language that means something different from the literal meaning of words.
idiom
irony
paradox
flashback
A group of lines in a poem that look like a paragraph
. speaker
Rhythm
Stanza
onomatopoeia
Words that may not literally mean what they say
figurative language
alliteration
Contrast
denotative meaning
which of these is an example of metaphor?
life is like a box of chocolates
all the world's a stage
hand me the salt, would you?
all of the above
Literature that passes by word of mouth from one generation to the next one is called
oral tradition
narrative
dialect
characterization
Direct speech between characters in a literary work
Tone
Mood
dialogue
Style
“Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.”
Personification
Alliteration
Oxymoron
Onomatopoeia
Phrase that consists of two words that are contradictory
Alliteration
Oxymoron
Onomatopoeia
. Hyperbole
The tone of an elegy is
humorous
Praising
Mournful
Angry
“O heavy lightness! Serious vanity!”
The above line is the example of
Metaphor
Oxymoron
Simile
Irony
Symbolism is when something in the text ________________something else.
makes
mimics
represents
follows
A word that has a secondary meaning in addition to its dictionary meaning.
connotation
denotation
allegory
simile
Love is a battlefield is an example of what?
simile
metaphor
anagram
conflict
When a sentence or phrase means something in addition to its literal meaning.
Verbal Irony
Dramatic Irony
Situational Irony
Fehlbergian Irony
Writing in a way to appeal to the senses: sight, smell, touch, taste, sound.
Imagery
Symbolism
Alliteration
Personification
What literary device is present in the line below?
“The sweet students suddenly screamed when they learned they learned they had to leave at 11:50 am.”
Simile
Alliteration
Metaphor
Onomatopoeia
The fire station burned down.
Verbal Irony
Dramatic Irony
Situational Irony
Fehlbergian Irony
A concrete object that stands in for an abstract idea.
symbol
simile
mood
theme
A poem of 14 lines is ?
An ode
An elegy
A lyric
A sonnet
"She sells sea shells on the sea-shore" . Identify the literary device in this expression
Litote
Hyperbole
Alliteration
None of the above
" The sea- wave rose in anger and slapped the sailor on the face."
Identify the literary device used for sea-wave
Irony
Personification
Symbolism
None of the above.
"My beloved is a red rose". Is the literary device in this expression a
Simile
Metaphor
Personification
None of the above
In which of these expressions the literary device of Onomotopoeia is used where sounds reinforce the meaning?
The battle of the brave
The insanity of the sane
The gurgling of water and the pitter-patter of the rain
None of the above
Which of the given literary devices is used in the following expression of Alexander Pope- ' rudely great", " darkly wise"
Simile
Paradox
Oxymoron
None of the above
Which of these expressions is an example of a simile
She wore a big smile
He laughed a hearty laugh
He roared like a lion
They slipped on the muddy ground
What is a paradox?
A self contradictory statement with a deep meaning
A satirical statement
An understatement or an overstatement
None of the above
A dramatic monologue was introduced by
Robert Frost
William Blake
Robert Browning
William Wordsworth
An epic is ?
A play
A novel
A short story
A long heroic poem with many characters and plots
A ballad is..
A literary device
A letter
A story told in verse
An essay
What does white symbolize in these lines- "There was white all over the courtyard of the house, white sheets, white faces, men dressed in white and women dressed in white too. The head of the family was gone forever."
Celebration
Anger
Jealousy
Mourning and grief.
A lyrical poem that pays a tribute to a thing or a person and is elevated and noble in tone is called
Dirge
Comedy
Tragedy
Ode
"Her tears brought flood in the city" . Identify the literary device in this expression
Hyperbole
Irony
Oxymoron
Transferred epithet
) What will be the rhyme scheme of this poem-" The night has a thousand eyes,
And the day but one;
Yet the light of the bright world dies
With the dying sun.
The mind has a thousand eyes,
And the heart but one:
Yet the light of a whole life dies
When love is done."
a b a b , a b a b
a a b b, a a b b
a b b a, a b b a
A refrain is
A tragic flaw
Comedy
Lyric
A line in a poem that gets repeated after each stanza
A quatrain is
An introduction to a play
A footnote
A stanza of 4 lines in a sonnet
None of the above
"Life is a tale told by an idiot full of sound and fury signifying nothing."
Identify the literary device used in the above speech.
Metaphor
Simile
Paradox
None of the above
" They never come to my help when I need it the most. They are indeed my true friends." Is the use of the phrase "true friends' by the writer
An example of oxymoron
An example of a simile
An example of a Verbal irony
None of the above
Which sound is alliterated in the following expression-
" The fight for freedom fell flat!"
T
G
F
E
An octave is
A stanzaic division of Shakespearean sonnet
The first stanza of 8 lines in Petrarchan sonnet
A paragraph of 6 lines
None of the above
The rhyme scheme of an octave in a sonnet is
a b b b, a b b b
a b a b , a b a b
a b b a, a b b a
None of the above
A soliloquy is
A poem
An essay
A solo speech made to oneself in a play
None of the above
"The bride totally unaware of the incident is waiting happily and eagerly to tie the wedding knot on her big day. The groom meanwhile is fighting for his life in the ICU having met with a severe accident on his way to the wedding venue. " This is an example of
Exaggeration
Repetition
Situational irony
None of the above
" The delicious waters of the running stream , the gently blowing fragrant wind bringing the distant flowers in forests to the villagers, the moon-lit star studded sky at night are nature's gifts to cherish." The writer has used which literary device in the above passage
Satire
Repetition
Imagery
Personification
