Leaving CERT English
Test on Poetry and Literary Devices for leaving Cert English.
- 1.
Who wrote the poem "Love"
- A.
Maya Angelou
- B.
Eavan Boland
- C.
William Shakespeare
Correct Answer
B. Eavan Boland -
- 2.
What does the word "Antithesis" mean?
- A.
When something is against something.
- B.
When Something is the direct opposite of something
- C.
When words rhyme internally in a sentence.
Correct Answer
B. When Something is the direct opposite of somethingExplanation
Exampes, IT was the best of times, it was the worst of times.Rate this question:
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- 3.
Seamus Heaney was from ______?
Correct Answer
Mossbawn in Derry - 4.
What is Onomotopaiea
- A.
The use of words that imitate the sounds associated with the objects or actions they refer to
- B.
Is a piece of writing at the end of a work of literature or drama
- C.
This is a long speech in a play by one character.
Correct Answer
A. The use of words that imitate the sounds associated with the objects or actions they refer to -
- 5.
An Oxymoron is The use of words that imitate the sounds associated with the objects or actions they refer to.
- A.
True
- B.
False
Correct Answer
B. FalseExplanation
An Oxymoron is when words are placed side by side which contradict each other.
Bad Luck, Calm Storm, Delicious Poison.Rate this question:
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- 6.
A Simile is
- A.
A comparison without using like or as.
- B.
A comarison using like or as
- C.
A very happy theme in an essay
- D.
Internal rhyme
Correct Answer
B. A comarison using like or as -
- 7.
Describe what a rhyming couplet is?
- 8.
What is Hyperbole?
- A.
Exagerration
- B.
Humour
- C.
Slang.
Correct Answer
A. Exagerration -
- 9.
The Word Insatiable means extremely Satisied?
- A.
True
- B.
False
Correct Answer
B. False -
- 10.
To make our broken images, rebuild Themselves around your limbs, your broken Image, find for your sake whose life our idle Talk has cost, a new language. These lines come from the poem?
- A.
Child of Our Times
- B.
This Moment
- C.
Love.
Correct Answer
A. Child of Our Times -
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