1. "Purple puppies like playing on the playground.

" This is an example of:

A. Personification

B. Alliteration

C.

D.

3. This cartoon illustrates:

A. Hyperbole

B. Paradox

C. Prose

D. Oxymoron

4. Irony is when an event or response occurs that is

the ___________ of what is expected.
5.
"Hello darkness, my old friend I've come to talk with you again . . .." (Paul Simon, The Sounds
of Silence)
A.
Personification

B.
Apostrophe

C.
Anaphora

D.
Juxtaposition

6.
Memento Mori is:
Discuss
A.
A piece of writing that contains a unifying idea

B.
A reminder of one's mortality

C.
A reference to history or another literary work

D.
Placing two things side by side for means of comparison or contrast

7.
"Singing the song of procreation,Singing the need of superb children and therein superb grown
people,Singing the muscular urge and the blending…”(Walt Whitman)These lines are an
example of:
Discuss
A.
Anaphora

B.
Alliteration

C.
Paradox

D.
Juxtaposition

8.
The funeral home was built next to a children's nursery.This is an example of:
A.
Paradox

B.
Oxymoron

C.
Juxtaposition

D.
Metaphor

9.
"Romeo take me somewhere we can be alone" (Love Story by Taylor Swift)This song makes use
of:
A.
Historical paradox

B.
Literary allusion

C.
Metaphor

D.
Irony

10.

This image is an example of:

A.
Personification

B.
Anthropomorphism

C.
Irony

D.
Simile

A particular kind of understatement as exemplified in the

sentence “I was not unhappy with the outcome” is called
what?
Litotes
Euphemism
Hyperbole
Metonymy

When a word’s vocalization imitates a natural sound, as

can be heard in the words murmur, buzz, and pop, what do
we call that device?
Personification
Anaphora
Onomatopoeia
Synecdoche

1. "The sun was like a large ball of butter" is an example of what

literary technique?

Personification
 Paradox
Oxymoron
Simile

2. "The wall stared at me silently" is an example of what type of

literary tool?

Metonymy
Simile
Personification
Inference

3. "If I do not eat my daily papaya, I will surely die" is an example of

what type of literary device?

Paradox
Personification
Hyperbole
Metaphor

4. "The road was a ribbon of moonlight," is an example of which of

these literary techniques?

Oxymoron
Metaphor
Inference
Personification

5. "The wise fool is burning my taco" employs what kind of literary

device?
 Irony
Personification
Oxymoron
Metaphor

6. Picture this literary scene: the main character hears a scream, and
then sees a man running out of the room with a bloody knife. You
can often come to the conclusion (most of the time) that he killed
whoever just screamed, although it never says outright that "the
guy with the knife butchered the screamer." This type of intelligent
conclusion drawn by the reader based on clues and observations is
called a(n) __________?

Guess and Check

Inference
Estimate
Literary Guess

7. This question will use an example from Shakespeare's classic play,

"Romeo and Juliet". In the Fifth Act of the play, Romeo arrives at
the Capulet family tomb to find his love, Juliet, supposedly dead.
However, we in the audience know that Juliet is not really dead, she
merely took a potion to make it look like she was dead for her own
motives. When the audience of a story knows more than the
characters involved, what type of irony is employed?

Verbal Irony
Dramatic Irony
Irony of the Situation
Ironic Twist
8. If you were bullied by another kid on the playground, and
afterwards your friend came over and said "I'll bet you loved that"
and you said "Of course", what type of irony were you employing?

Dramatic Irony
Philosophical Irony
Irony of the Situation
Verbal Irony

9. "Flaming ice" is an example of what literary technique?

Simile
Metonymy
Synecdoche
Oxymoron

10. "I simultaneously composed and destroyed the opera while

writing it" is an example of what kind of literary device?

Metonymy
Paradox
Metaphor
Personification

11. "Bob is as brave as a lion" is an example of what literary device

in action?

Personification
Metonymy
Oxymoron
Simile
12. "My mother always told me never to get close to any danger, as
that would be dancing with the devil. Little did I know that in my
professional ballroom dancing career, that is exactly what I would
do." What literary device is used here through the whole example?

Answer: ( One Word-used to give hints about future events)

13. In the movie "Casablanca" you expect the loving couple to stay
together, but then the girl hops off on a plane! Hey, that's not what
I expected! What type of irony is employed in this instance?

Dramatic Irony
Ironic Chronicling
Verbal Irony
Irony of the Situation

14. "Up went the bacon strips" is an example of what literary

technique? (This technique is used more often in poetry.)

Inversion
Metaphor
Simile
Paradox

15. "A dozen tight fists pounded the criminal's clavicle" uses a
unique type of metaphor. Which of these types of metaphor is said
type?

None of these
Personification
Simile
 Hyperbole
When an author in her own work refers to an event in another work, this is
called a(n) ____________.
metaphor allusion
simile epigraph
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1. When an author includes a quotation from another literary piece at the

beginning of her work, this is called a(n) ___________.

 epigraph
 epitaph
 allusion
 simile

2. What is the difference between a metaphor and simile?

 There is no difference.
 A metaphor is used in fiction and a simile used in poetry.
 A metaphor is a comparison between objects, where as a simile is a comparison
between people.
 A simile is a metaphor that uses the words 'like' or 'as.'

Allegory
a story in which people, things, and actions represent an idea or generalization about
life.
Allusion
a reference in literature to a familiar person, place, thing, or event.
Analogy
a comparison of two or more similar objects, suggesting that if they are alike in certain
respects, they will probably be alike in other ways as well.
Hyperbole
an exaggeration, or overstatement.
Metaphor
a comparison of two unlike things in which no word of comparison is used.
Metonymy
the substituting of one word for another that is closely related to it.
Personification
a literary device in which the author speaks of or describes an animal, object, or idea as
if it were a person.
Simile
a comparison of two unlike things in which a word of comparison is used.
Understatement
stating an idea with restraint to emphasize what is being talked about.
Irony
using a word or phrase to mean the exact opposite of is literal or normal meaning.
a statement that seems contrary to common sense yet may, in fact, be true