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Quiz on English - Literary Terms Vocab, created by Jill Hurley on 06/01/2019.

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English - Literary Terms Vocab

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Definition: Literal

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • Using words for their actual meaning, without metaphor

  • Casual references designed to call something to mind

  • Purposeful exaggeration to add emphasis

  • Languages that gives animals or objects human characteristics

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Frage 2 von 12

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Definition: Figurative

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • Departing from words’ original meanings using metaphor or personification

  • An ideal example or model after which other things are patterned

  • Where two or more words in a sentence start with the same consonant sound

  • A word that imitates the natural sound of a thing

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Frage 3 von 12

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Definition: Allusions

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • Casual references designed to call something to mind

  • A comparison that uses “like” or “as”

  • A figure of speech in which two opposite ideas are joined to create effect

  • The central topic of a written composition

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Frage 4 von 12

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Definition: Theme

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • The central topic of a written composition

  • A comparison that says one thing IS another, not using “like” or “as”

  • Language that gives animals or objects human attributes

  • Using words for their actual meaning, without metaphor

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Frage 5 von 12

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Definition: Archetype

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • An ideal example or model after which other things are patterned

  • Casual references designed to call something to mind

  • Departing from words’ original meanings using metaphor or personification

  • A word that imitates the natural sound of a thing

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Frage 6 von 12

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Definition: Simile

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • A comparison that uses the word “like” or “as”

  • A comparison that says something IS another, not using “like” or “as”

  • Where two or more words in a sentence start with the same consonant sound

  • Casual references designed to call something to mind

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Frage 7 von 12

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Definition: Hyperbole

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • Purposeful exaggeration to add emphasis

  • Using words for their actual meaning, without metaphor

  • An ideal example or model after which other things are patterned

  • The central topic of a written composition

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Frage 8 von 12

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Definition: Alliteration

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • Where two or more words in a sentence start with the same consonant sound

  • A word that imitates the natural sound of a thing

  • A figure of speech in which two opposite ideas are joined to create effect

  • Departing from words’ original meanings using metaphor or personification

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Frage 9 von 12

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Definition: Metaphor

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • A comparison that says one thing IS another, not using “like” or “as”

  • A comparison that uses the word “like” or “as”

  • Purposeful exaggeration to add emphasis

  • A word that imitates the natural sound of a thing

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Frage 10 von 12

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Definition: Personification

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • Language that gives animals or objects human attributes

  • Casual references designed to call something to mind

  • Where two or more words in a sentence start with the same consonant sound

  • An ideal example or model after which other things are patterned

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Definition: Onomotopaeia

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • A word that imitates the natural sound of a thing

  • Using words for their actual meaning, without metaphor

  • The central topic of a written composition

  • Purposeful exaggeration to add emphasis

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Frage 12 von 12

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Definition: Oxymoron

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • A figure of speech in which two opposite ideas are joined to create effect

  • A comparison that uses “like” or “as”

  • Where two or more words in a sentence start with the same consonant sound

  • Departing from words’ original meanings using metaphor or personification

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