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Literary And Poetic Devices II
Test Description: Literary and poetic devices
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) What is alliteration?
A
the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words
B
the repetition of vowel sounds
C
the repetition of sounds at regular or determined intervals
D
the repetition of stressed and unstressed syllables
2) What is an analogy?
A
two word pairs that share the same relationship
B
two words that mean the same thing
C
two word pairs that have nothing to do with each other
D
two words that have opposite meanings
3) What is assonance?
A
the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words
B
looking forward in a story to see what is to come
C
looking back in a story to see what happened earlier
D
the repetition of vowel sounds in non-rhyming words
4) What is hyperbole?
A
a series of words on a page
B
an extreme exaggeration
C
the most exciting part of a story
D
a sound effect like
5) What is an idiom?
A
the reader knows something that one of the characters doesn't know
B
someone says the opposite of what they mean, e.g. sarcasm
C
a phrase that means something different from what the individual words in it appear to mean
D
it's when what happens is unexpected by everyone
6) What is rhyme?
A
the repetition of sounds at regular or determined intervals
B
a musical quality created by a pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables
C
a comparison between two unlike things, in which one thing is the other
D
a comparison between two unlike things using like or as
7) What is rhythm?
A
giving human traits to something that isn't human
B
writing that creates a picture in the reader's mind by appealing to the five senses
C
the ability to dance to your favorite song
D
a musical quality created by a pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables
8) What is a symbol?
A
a word that modifies a noun or pronoun
B
a person, place, or thing that represents something beyond itself
C
a person, place, thing, or idea
D
a word that expresses action or a state of being
9) What is a stanza?
A
a reference to a famous person or event
B
a sequence of words on the page
C
a short story written to entertain the reader
D
a group of lines that form a division or unit in a poem
10) What is a pun?
A
two words that sound alike, but have different spellings and meanings
B
a word that means the opposite of another
C
a word that means the same as another
D
intentionally misusing words, particularly homophones, for comic effect
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