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Longos Lovely Quiz

Total questions: 19

Worksheet time: 10mins

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1.

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

a)

Vowel sounds

b)

Consonant sounds

c)

Words

d)

Phrases

2.

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

a)

A literary device involving repetition

b)

A literary device involving contrasting ideas

c)

A literary device involving rhyme

d)

A literary device involving alliteration

3.

An apostrophe in poetry is:

a)

a punctuation mark used to indicate possession

b)

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

c)

a type of stanza in a poem

d)

a rhyme scheme used in sonnets

4.

What is assonance?

a)

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

b)

A figure of speech involving exaggeration.

c)

A literary device that uses contradictory statements.

d)

A form of metaphor that compares two unlike things.

5.

A couplet is:

a)

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

b)

a single line of verse

c)

a stanza of four lines

d)

a poem with no rhyme scheme

6.

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?

a)

Love and move

b)

Cat and hat

c)

Sky and high

d)

Book and look

7.

What is hyperbole?

a)

A figure of speech involving exaggeration

b)

A type of mathematical equation

c)

A form of government

d)

A style of painting

8.

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

a)

A rhyme at the end of a line

b)

A rhyme within a single line

c)

A rhyme in the middle of a stanza

d)

A rhyme at the beginning of a line

9.

A metaphor is a figure of speech that:

a)

compares two unlike things directly

b)

uses 'like' or 'as' to compare

c)

describes a sound

d)

is a type of alliteration

10.

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?

a)

The White House issued a statement.

b)

The cat's out of the bag.

c)

Time is money.

d)

Break a leg.

11.

Onomatopoeia is a word that imitates the sound it represents. Which of the following is an example of onomatopoeia?

a)

Tree

b)

Buzz

c)

Car

d)

House

12.

An oxymoron is a figure of speech that combines contradictory terms. Which of the following is an example of an oxymoron?

a)

Jumbo shrimp

b)

Bitter sweet

c)

Deafening silence

d)

All of the above

13.

What is personification?

a)

A figure of speech where human qualities are given to animals, objects, or ideas.

b)

A type of poem.

c)

A form of argument.

d)

A historical event.

14.

What is a simile?

a)

A comparison using 'like' or 'as'

b)

A type of metaphor

c)

A form of hyperbole

d)

A type of alliteration

15.

Synecdoche is a figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole or vice versa.

a)

A type of metaphor

b)

A figure of speech where a part represents the whole

c)

A form of irony

d)

A type of alliteration

16.

Zoomorphism is:

a)

the attribution of animal characteristics to humans or objects

b)

the study of animal behavior

c)

a type of animal sculpture

d)

a method of animal classification

17.

What are the types of sonnets?

a)

Petrarchan and Shakespearean

b)

Haiku and Limerick

c)

Ballad and Epic

d)

Ode and Elegy

18.

A Petrarchan Sonnet is a type of poem that consists of how many lines?

a)

12 lines

b)

14 lines

c)

16 lines

d)

18 lines

19.

A Shakespearean Sonnet is a type of poem. Which of the following best describes its structure?

a)

14 lines with a specific rhyme scheme

b)

A narrative poem with no fixed structure

c)

A poem with 12 lines and a couplet

d)

A free verse poem with no rhyme scheme