WorksheetsOWENS_SEPT 13 VOCABULARY QUIZ (LITERARY TERMS)
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 3600secs
Give an example of a hyperbole _______________
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is an example of what literary device used in English poetry and verse drama.
(a)
________ _______ is a word or phrase that has a double meaning.
(a)
An (a) is a reference to a person, place, thing, event or other literary work with which the reader is presumably familiar.
The snow is a white blanket.
This sentence is an example of (a) .
(a) is a literary medium distinguished from poetry by its irregularity and variety in rhythm and its closer correspondence to patterns of speech.
A (a) is a work of fiction between a short story and a novel.
A (a) is a literary device designed to illustrate or revel information, traits, values, or motivations of one character through the contrast of another character.
The cyclist was too tired to win the race.
This is an example of a (a) .
In literature, a ghost or shadow of a person who is the mirror-image of the protagonist is known as a (a) .
"Up in the air" is an example of what literary expression?
(a)
For the sun is daily new and old,
So is my love still telling what is told.
This is an example of a ______ _______.
(a)
A short comment or speech that a character delivers directly to the audience while other actors appear not to hear is an (a)
_______ _______ is a literary device defined as un-rhyming verse written in iambic pentameter.
(a)
She regretted that her "affluence" over her niece was not much.
juxtaposition
malapropism
aneurism
metaphor
"cruel kindness" is an example of
connotation
allusion
oxymoron
metaphor
To be or not to be, that is the question . . .
delivered by Shakespeare's Hamlet is a (a)
"She's feeling blue" is an example of (a) . It's used to describe a state of being instead of describing a color.
The audience knows that a character is going to be murdered, however, one of the characters in the play and the audience is aware of what the character is planning.
This is _______ _____
(a)
A stanza or group of four lines in a poem is ______.
verse
prose
foil
idiom
