Quiz: Test Your Literary Terms Knowledge!

"Lend me your ears" is an example of which literary term?

A type of figurative language that makes a direct comparison not using like or as:

The use of indirect or polite language to express a concept generally considered unpleasant.

A type of figurative language that makes a comparison using "like" or "as"

A fat, smelly man spends all of his days on his couch eating potato chips, smoking cigarettes, and watching football. A skinny, handsome man spends his days working out, eating healthy, and going to church. The fat man lives to be 97 and marries a supermodel. The skinny man dies at 23 of a heart attack. What is this story an example of?

In Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, when Romeo finds Juliet in a drugged sleep, he assumes her to be dead and kills himself. Upon awakening to find her dead lover beside her, Juliet then kills herself. This is an example of:

A complex, generally song lyric poem on a subject that is usually serious.

A humorous piece of writing that usually makes fun of foolish or evil behavior is called a(n)...

A humorous, satirical, or burlesque imitation of a person, event, or serious work of literature designed to ridicule in nonsensical fashion or to criticize by clever duplication is called a...

"He is a man of the cloth" "The pen is mightier than the sword" "By the sweat of thy brow thou shalt eat thy bread" These are examples of...