English - Literary Terms Vocab

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

Questão 1

Questão
Definition: Literal
Responda
  • 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

Questão 2

Questão
Definition: Figurative
Responda
  • 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

Questão 3

Questão
Definition: Allusions
Responda
  • 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

Questão 4

Questão
Definition: Theme
Responda
  • 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

Questão 5

Questão
Definition: Archetype
Responda
  • 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

Questão 6

Questão
Definition: Simile
Responda
  • 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

Questão 7

Questão
Definition: Hyperbole
Responda
  • 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

Questão 8

Questão
Definition: Alliteration
Responda
  • 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

Questão 9

Questão
Definition: Metaphor
Responda
  • 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

Questão 10

Questão
Definition: Personification
Responda
  • 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

Questão 11

Questão
Definition: Onomotopaeia
Responda
  • 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

Questão 12

Questão
Definition: Oxymoron
Responda
  • 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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