Literary Devices

Question 1

“Loud silence” and “Cold fire” are examples of which type of literary device?

Answer 1

Oxymoron

Question 2

“a passing or casual reference; an incidental mention of something, either directly or by implication” is the definition of which literary device?

Answer 2

Allusion

Question 3

A figure of speech comparing two things using “like” or “as.”

Answer 3

Simile

Question 4

Name the literary device:

The silent snake stopped slithering suddenly.

Answer 4

Alliteration

Question 5

Define Alliteration

Answer 5

A repeated occurrence of a certain sound or syllable at the beginning of words in on a same line.

Question 6

When you repeat an expression or a word at the beginning of adjacents lines

Answer 6

Anaphora

Question 7

Define Caesura

Answer 7

A stop or pause in a metrical line, marked by punctuation; a mark or a break

Question 8

The recurrence of similar sounds, especially consonants, in close proximity, either at the beginning,m in the middle, or at the end of words.

Answer 8

Consonance

Question 9

Define Couplet

Answer 9

A stanza made of two lines

Question 10

When a poem has lines ending with words that sound the same. In other words, a rhyming of the ends of two or more lines of verse.

Answer 10

End rhyme

Question 11

Define End-stop line

Answer 11

A poetic device in which a natural pause takes place at the end of a line. Usually, in writing, this pause is expressed by punctuation, such as a colon, semi-colon, comma and period.

Question 12

When a sentence continues at the end of a line into the next line

Answer 12

Enjambment

Question 13

Define Internal rhyme

Answer 13

When at least two words rhyme within a single line.

Question 14

Define Meter

Answer 14

Number of feet or repeated pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables within a line.

Question 15

Define Quatrain

Answer 15

A stanza, or an entire poem made of four lines, often having an alternate rhyme scheme.

Question 16

Same words or phrases repeated several times in order to emphasize an idea and make it clearer.

Answer 16

Repetition

Question 17

Define Rhyme Scheme

Answer 17

The pattern of the rhymes that comes from the end of each line of the poem. Basically, it is the arrangement of the rhymes.

Question 18

How the stanzas are arranged throughout the poem.

Answer 18

Stanzaic division

Question 19

Name the literary device:
My life is my purpose.
My life has meaning
My life is amazing.

Answer 19

Anaphora

Question 20

Name the literary device:

The headphone explodes, breaking the mold.

Answer 20

Caesura

Question 21

Name the literary device:
“That mark our place; in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly.”

Answer 21

End rhyme

Question 22

Name the literary device:
“ I think I have never seen something
As beautiful as this young girl blushing”

Answer 22

Enjambment

Question 23

Name the literary device:

“Once upon a time, there was a rhyme that went along with lime”

Answer 23

Internal rhyme

Question 24

What is the attribution of a human characteristic to a non-living thing?

Answer 24

Personification

Question 25

The use of description and figurative language by the author to present ideas or images that appeal to our senses.

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Imagery

Question 26

When two opposing ideas or concepts are joined together to create an effect or a new concept.

Answer 26

Oxymoron

Question 27

A word used to represent a sound. While reading the word, we can imagine the sound it makes since the pronunciation of the word sounds like the sound it represents.

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Onomatopoeia

Question 28

A contradictory statement that has no good answer because both parts are in some way wrong.

Answer 28

Paradox

Question 29

A word used to represent an entity that is often linked to it or possesses its attributes

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Metonymy

Question 30

A literary device when a part of something represents its whole or when the whole represents only a part.

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Synecdoche

Question 31

"A passage in a poem addressed to someone most of the time dead" is the definition of which literary device?

Answer 31

Apostrophe

Question 32

"Refers to the emotions and the feelings related to a word" is the definition of which literary device?

Answer 32

Connotation

Question 33

"The direct meaning of a word" is the definition of which literary device?

Answer 33

Denotation

Question 34

"A style of writing dependent upon the choice of words or phrases or the style of enunciation" is the definition of which literary device?

Answer 34

Diction

Question 35

A polite, indirect expressions that replace words and phrases considered harsh and impolite" is the definition of which literary device?

Answer 35

Euphemism

Question 36

"It is a contrast or incongruity between expectations for a situation and what is reality. Or words which are used in such a way that their intended meaning is different from their actual meaning" is the definition of which literary device?

Answer 36

Irony

Question 37

"A figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable" is the definition of which literary device?

Answer 37

Metaphor

Question 38

Is "A place to learn and socialize" associated to the denotation or the connotation of the word school?

Answer 38

Connotation

Question 39

In the sentence "Don’t act like a (Romeo) in front of her", what literary device is associated with the word in parenthesis?

Answer 39

Allusion

Question 40

What euphemism could be used instead of saying that a person has died?

Answer 40

They have passed away

Question 41

True or False? "She is as funny as a clown" is an example of a metaphor.

Answer 41

False (Simile)

Question 42

What type of imagery is used in the following sentence: "The cake’s sweet vanilla frosting reminded her of her youthful days"?

Answer 42

Gustatory Imagery

Question 43

"I thank you, Shakespeare, for igniting my love for poetry" is an example of which literary device?

Answer 43

Apostrophe