Worksheets2025 Week #5 Literary/rhetorical terms quiz
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
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Class
Date
1.
Trope
a)
The generic name for a figure of speech such as personification, metonymy, simili, hyperbole
b)
The generic name for a figure of speech such as an icon, a simile, and a meteor.
c)
The generic name for a figure of speech such as poetry, drama, and novels.
d)
The generic name for a figure of speech such as vowels, nouns, and verbs.
2.
periphrasis
a)
Using indirect and nonsensical words in literature.
b)
Using direct and few words in speech and writing.
c)
a roundabout description of something-verbousity
d)
Using indirect words and or using pathetic words in literature.
3.
The following is not a simile
a)
He was as strong as an ox.
b)
My love is like a red, red rose.
c)
He sat as still as a mouse, trembling in fear.
d)
He was a titan, a giant in the industry.
4.
mood in literature
a)
a groovy vibe
b)
the point in a text where the protagonist feels emotions
c)
the general feeling created for the reader by the work at a given point
d)
Feeling or atmospher that a teacher creates for a student.
5.
analogy
a)
A similarity or comparison between apples and oranges.
b)
A similarity or comparison between nouns and verbs or the relationship between them.
c)
A similarity or comparison between thirteen things or relationship between them.
d)
A similarity or comparison between two different things or the relationship between them.
6.
hyperbaton
a)
reversal of word order to make a point
b)
reversal of adjective order to make a point
c)
reversal of fortune
d)
repetition of adverbial phrases
7.
Foil
a)
A character who acts as a contrast to another character.
b)
A character who acts as a consonant to another character.
c)
A character who acts as a constant reminder to another character.
d)
A characterization who acts as a clown to another character.
8.
epigraph
a)
A quotation or a passage at the end of a literary work suggestive of a theme.
b)
a quotation or passage at the beginning of a literary work suggestive of the theme.
c)
An old record player.
d)
A quotation or a passage in the middle of a novel with graphics and charts.
9.
Connotation
a)
An idea or a feeling that a word invokes in subtraction to its literal meaning.
b)
An idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal or primary meaning.
c)
An idea or a feeling that a word invokes in addition to its subliminal meaning.
d)
An idea or a feeling that a word invokes to add to its negative feeling.
10.
Veni, vidi,vici is an example of
a)
asyndeton
b)
connotation
c)
hyperbaton
d)
epigraph
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