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Figures of speech

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  • Q1
    When a closely related term is substituted for what it represents, or some concrete term is used for a more abstract idea, it is referred to as
    metaphor
    metonymy
    allusion
    personification
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  • Q2
    Knowing what type of figure of speech is more important than understanding its meaning.
    false
    true
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  • Q3
    The first step in interpreting a simile or metaphor is to
    reason out the writer's intended meaning
    decide the important way in which two things might be alike
    none of the above
    determine the two things that are being compared
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  • Q4
    "All the world's a stage, And all men and women are merely players; They have their exits and entrances."-William Shakespeare, As You Like It
    simile
    personification
    metonymy
    metaphor
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  • Q5
    Death lays its icy hands on kings.
    irony
    hyperbole
    personification
    apostrophe
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  • Q6
    Blind justice was not on his side.
    simile
    metaphor
    personification
    allusion
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  • Q7
    "Shall I compare thee to a summer's day? Thou art more lovely and more temperate. - William Shakespeare, Sonnet 18
    simile
    allusion
    metaphor
    personification
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  • Q8
    Milton defined rhyme as "the jingling sound of like endings." What figure of speech could be defined as "the jingling sound of like beginnings?"
    assonance
    onomatopoeia
    alliteration
    consonance
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  • Q9
    Which word does not suggest the actual sound it describes?
    gurgle
    cackle
    hum
    yell
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  • Q10
    The affirmative expressed by the negation of its opposite is called ..
    irony
    euphemism
    sarcasm
    litotes
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  • Q11
    After hurtling over the handlebars of his mountain bike, the racer tumbled down a rocky hillside, only to land in a bed of cactus. He then rolled over and said, "Boy, am I having a good time!" This illustrates what figure of speech?
    antithesis
    understatement
    hyperbole
    an irony
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  • Q12
    If a poet speaks of "the departed" instead of harshly saying "the dead" he is using which literary device?
    euphemism
    understatement
    litotes
    irony
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  • Q13
    Which is not an oxymoron?
    trained incapacity
    macabre torture
    planned chaos
    disciplined relaxation
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  • Q14
    I think, therefore I yam. What figure of speech is employed?
    euphemism
    understatement
    pun
    irony
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  • Q15
    What figure of speech is present in these examples? - As he fled, he ran right into the law. - The town was starving within days.
    allusion
    metonymy
    synecdoche
    personification
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  • Q16
    Identify the literary device used below. It is certainly not an insignificant issue!
    anaphora
    litotes
    antonomasia
    chiasmus
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  • Q17
    What literary device is used in this example? The Puritans hated bear fights not because it gave pain to the bears but because it gave pleasure to the spectators.
    antithesis
    apostrophe
    onomatopoeia
    allusion
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  • Q18
    Consider the statement "In death, there is life." What figure of speech is utilized?
    paradox
    oxymoron
    irony
    antithesis
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  • Q19
    “Everything looked dark and bleak, everything looked gloomy, and everything was under a blanket of mist.”
    anaphora
    litotes
    antithesis
    chiasmus
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  • Q20
    “Never let a fool kiss you or a kiss fool you.”
    chiasmus
    allusion
    antithesis
    litotes
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