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ENG 20 - Poetry Terms (PART 1)
Test Description: English 20-1-2 Match the literary device to the example provided.
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) The snake hissed at me, when I picked it up.
A
onomatopoeia
B
cacophony
C
assonance
D
alliteration
2) I confess that I did not bend and I set myself up to be better than ever.
A
euphony
B
cacophony
C
consonance
D
assonance
3) Jerry the giraffe was jealous because giraffe’s can’t jump.
A
consonance
B
euphony
C
alliteration
D
onomatopoeia
4) She crept up to the stacks of gigantic boxes and used her sharp blade to prick and split the top of each.
A
euphony
B
cacophony
C
onomatopoeia
D
alliteration
5) While she was washing his bowl, the fish was swishing around in a dish, wishing to be back in his ship-shaped fish home.
A
alliteration
B
onomatopoeia
C
consonance
D
cacophony
6) I hold her as I calmly wander through the house, then lay her down to dream.
A
alliteration
B
euphony
C
assonance
D
onomatopeia
7) Her smile lights up the room like a ray of sun.
A
personification
B
connotation
C
allusion
D
simile
8) I’ve asked you to take out the trash a million times, and it’s still sitting there!
A
euphenism
B
hyperbole
C
denotation
D
conceit
9) I noticed her irregular pattern of behavior.
A
paradox
B
synecdoche
C
oxymoron
D
verbal irony/sarcasm
10) You shouldn’t go into the water, until you know how to swim.
A
chremamorphism
B
apostrophe
C
hyperbole
D
paradox
11) Monkey: a small to medium-sized primate that typically has a long tail.
A
connotation
B
allusion
C
denotation
D
euphenism
12) Opportunity doesn’t knock at your door every day, so be sure to answer.
A
simile
B
personification
C
allusion
D
apostrophe
13) She was the office Mocking-jay, leading their charge towards the capital.
A
allusion
B
metonymy
C
apostrophe
D
verbal irony/sarcasm
14) She is a full-figured lady, so I order her an extra large t-shirt.
A
synecdoche
B
paradox
C
metonymy
D
euphenism
15) A rich man is no richer than a poor man.
A
allusion
B
apostrophe
C
paradox
D
chremamorphism
16) It’s nice to see a familiar face around here.
A
personification
B
allusion
C
simile
D
synecdoche
17) He strutted in, thinking he was Taylor Lautner.
A
simile
B
allusion
C
oxymoron
D
metaphor
18) But my heart is a lonely hunter that hunts on a lonely hill.
A
conceit
B
hyperbole
C
metaphor
D
chremamorphism
19) “I would rather be called slender than scrawny.”
A
denotation
B
connotation
C
metonymy
D
conceit
20) Chocolate was her Achilles’ heel.
A
allusion
B
personification
C
euphenism
D
paradox
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