Quiz: Test Your Literary Terms Knowledge!
10 Questions
| Total Attempts: 194
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Questions and Answers
- 1."Lend me your ears" is an example of which literary term?
- A.
Irony
- B.
Euphemism
- C.
Simile
- D.
Synecdoche
- 2.A type of figurative language that makes a direct comparison not using like or as:
- A.
Simile
- B.
Oxymoron
- C.
Alliteration
- D.
Metaphor
- 3.The use of indirect or polite language to express a concept generally considered unpleasant.
- A.
Euphemism
- B.
satire
- C.
Oxymoron
- D.
Theme
- 4.A type of figurative language that makes a comparison using "like" or "as"
- A.
Simile
- B.
Characterization
- C.
Oxymoron
- D.
Metaphor
- 5.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?
- A.
Coincidence
- B.
Irony
- C.
Oxymoron
- D.
Ode
- 6.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.
Parody
- B.
Metonomy
- C.
Dramatic Irony
- D.
Euphemism
- 7.A complex, generally song lyric poem on a subject that is usually serious.
- A.
Metaphor
- B.
Elegy
- C.
Ode
- D.
Sonnet
- 8.A humorous piece of writing that usually makes fun of foolish or evil behavior is called a(n)...
- A.
Exaggeration
- B.
Satire
- C.
Sketch
- D.
Sonnet
- 9.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...
- 10."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...
- A.
Paradox
- B.
Polysyndeton
- C.
Metonymy
- D.
Simile
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