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Literary Devices Quiz

1. Your homework will rise up and bite you if you put it off. Is an example of
.
A.
B.
C.
D.

paradox
personification
rhetoric
litotes

2 Which of the following options below has the following definition: to make a strong
. comparison using like or as
A.

irony

B.

paradox

C.

Analogy

D.
3.

simile
I've told you a billion times to clean this room! is an example of

A.

metaphor

B.

hyperbole

C.

allusion

D.

pun

4 Which of the following options below has the following definition: using one word
. to govern two parts of a sentence instead of one
A.

zeugma

B.

analogy

C.
D.

anecdote
invective

5 Have you ever wondered how the stars got in the sky? Have you ever wished on
. a star? is an example of
.
A.

parallelism

B.

imagery/image

C.

hyperbole

D.

rhetorical questioning

6 Which of the following options below has the following definition: a specific kind of
. understatement that uses the negative
A.
B.
C.
D.

anaphora
litotes
alliteration
hyperbole

7 I like to dance; John likes to sing; and Crystal likes to act. is an

. example of
.
A.

simile

B.

parallelism

C.

anaphora

D.

metonymy

8.
A.
B.

The more I hate him, the more I love him is an example of

paradox
simile

C.
D.

pun
zeugma

9 Which of the following options below has the following definition: when a part of
. something is to represent the whole
A.

allusion

B.

metaphor

C.

synecdoche

D.

repetition

10 Without a dream, without faith, without hope, there is nothing. is an example

. of
.
A.

hyperbole

B.

juxtaposition

C.

personification

D.

repetition

11 Which of the following options below has the following definition: a

. similarity between like features of two things of which a comparison can be

based
A.

anaphora

B.

paradox

C.

invective

D.

analogy

12 The bruise on her arm was purple at top, blue at center, and the size of a dime.
. is an example of
A.

satire/parody

B.

imagery/image

C.

rhetoric

D.

synecdoche

13 Which of the following options below has the following definition: - talking to
. someone who is not there, dead, or human
A.
B.
C.
D.
14.
A.
B.

allusion
rhetoric
apostrophe
zeugma
The idea is reprehensible, vicious, and ignorant. is an example of
apostrophe
invective

C.
D.

pun
alliteration

15 Which of the following options below has the following definition: when a word or
. phrase can be used as a substitute for another because they are closely
related
A.

metonymy

B.

synecdoche

C.

analogy

D.

paradox

16 When I was running late this morning I thought, to be late, or not to be late;
. that is the question. is an example of
.
A.

juxtaposition

B.

hyperbole

C.

litotes

D.

allusion

17 Which of the following options below has the following definition: saying one
. thing and meaning another verbal, situational, dramatic
A.

metaphor

B.

invective

C.
D.

simile
irony

18 Which of the following options below has the following definition: repeating the
. initial phrase at the beginning of a sentence
A.

anaphora

B.

anecdote

C.
D.

repetition
invective

19 Which of the following options below has the following definition: one makes fun
. and the other criticizes by copying a style
A.

rhetoric question

B.

satire/parody

C.

personification

D.

understatement/meiosis

20 When Mercutio is wounded mortally and he says ay, ay, a scratch, a scratch
. this is an example of
A.

imagery/image

B.

juxtaposition

C.

satire/parody

D.

understatement/meiosis

21. Students are sailors on a journey. is an example of

A.

simile

B.

metaphor

C.

rhetoric

D.

pun

22 It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it

A.
B.
C.
D.

was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of
incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the
spring of hope, it was the winter of despair, we had everything before us, we had
nothing before us, we were all going direct to Heaven, we were all going direct
the other way is an example of
.
zeugma
juxtaposition
allusion
litotes

23. Mike's mean mother meant well. is an example of

A.
B.

alliteration
paradox

C.

anaphora

D.

repetition

24 Which of the following options below has the following definition: a story told in
. order to give an example, make something real or more
A.

synecdoche

B.

anecdote

C.

invective

D.

metonomy