Language that makes its point in an indirect or non-literal way.
a. figurative language
b. metaphor
c. metonymy
d. synecdoche
a. figurative language
auditory image is:
a. An image evoking sound.
b. An image evoking taste.
c. An image evoking smell.
d. An image evoking touch.
a. An image evoking sound.
The ordering or arrangement of words in a sentence or poetic line.
a. anaphora
b. syntax
c. parallelism
d. refrain
b. syntax
What is the world's most earthquake-prone country?
a. Japan
b. Argentina
c. China
d. District of Colombia
Japan
What is the name of the main character from The Little Mermaid?
Ariel
The use of a concrete object to represent an abstract quality or idea.
a. simile
b. personification
c. paradox
d. symbolism
d. Symbolism
True or false:
The use of one of the five senses to describe an impression from a different sensory register is synesthesia?
True
An entire line or phrase that gets repeated within a poem.
a. anaphora
b. syntax
c. parallelism
d. refrain
d. refrain
What is Thomas Edison's most famous invention?
Lightbulb
What was the first full length Disney movie called?
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
A compact paradox that consists of two successive words that seem to contradict each other.
a. hyperbole
b. metaphor
c. oxymoron
d. understatement
c. oxymoron
The repetition of vowel sounds in the middle of two or more words in proximity to one another is:
a. alliteration
b. assonance
c. onomatopoeia
d. consonance
b. assonance
Repetition of the same syntactic structure.
a. anaphora
b. syntax
c. parallelism
d. refrain
c. parallelism
Who painted the Mona Lisa?
Leonardo da Vinci
What was the first Pixar movie ever made called?
Toy Story
Reference to a person, place, or idea using the word for a part of the whole.
a. personification
b. mixed metaphor
c. symbolism
d. synecdoche
d. synecdoche
The use of words that sound like the thing they describe is:
a. synesthesia
b. assonance
c. onomatopoeia
d. consonance
c. onomatopoeia
This is an example of:
“I Have a Dream” speech: “I have a dream that.… I have a dream that….”
a. anaphora
b. syntax
c. parallelism
d. refrain
a. anaphora
Which Civil War battle had the most casualties in any single day of fighting?
Battle of Antietam (with 22,726 casualties in one day)
Which Avenger is the strongest Avenger?
a. The Hulk
b. Scarlett Witch
c. Thor
d. Iron Man
a. The Hulk
The attribution of human qualities to an object, animal, or concept.
a. apostrophe
b. personification
c. simile
d. animation
b. personification
What type of sound device (literary device) is this?
“Five miles meandering with mazy motion.” Or Shakespeare on friendship: “Most friendship is feigning, most loving mere folly.”
alliteration
A line of poetry in which a sentence continues on to the next line without being stopped by a period or semicolon.
Shakespeare avoids the impediment of an end-stop by __________ the following line:
“Let me not to the marriage of true minds
Admit impediments.”
enjambed line
In the United Kingdom, what is the day after Christmas Day called?
Boxing Day
What does ESPN stand for?
Entertainment and Sports Programming Network