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Imagery and Irony
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100
We had the satisfaction of seeing our opponents stupefied. a. Personification b. Metaphor c. Simile d. Alliteration
What is (d) Alliteration?
100
“Clang clang clang went the trolley.” a. Simile b. Personification c. Metaphor d. Onomatopoeia
What is Onomatopoeia?
100
Forty percent of patients with heart disease have admitted to not flossing. Additionally, four out of five dentists highly recommend that their patients floss twice daily. There simply is too much at stake to ignore these warnings. a. Ethos b. Logos c. Pathos d. Expos
What is (b) Logos?
100
The sun shone off of the lake with a silver shimmer stirred by the morning’s gentle breeze. a. Tactile Imagery b. Gustatory Imagery c. Visual Imagery d. Auditory Imagery
What is (c) Visual Imagery?
100
“I do here make humbly bold to present them with a short account of themselves and their art.” - Jonathan Swift a. Paradox b. Oxymoron c. Verbal Irony d. Situational Irony
What is (b) Oxymoron?
200
"A city that is set on a hill cannot be hid." a. Antithesis b. Assonance c. Anaphora d. Apostrophe
What is (b) Assonance
200
"She smokes like a chimney." a. Simile b. Personification c. Metaphor d. Onomatopoeia
What is (a) Simile?
200
Just last week, a young woman was killed in a car accident. She was eight months pregnant and driving with her toddler to a doctor’s appointment when an oncoming car swerved into her lane and struck her vehicle. The woman and both of her children were killed instantly. The driver of the other car also died, only moments before completing his final text message to his mother. Simply put, texting and driving costs too many innocent lives. a. Ethos b. Logos c. Pathos d. Expos
What is (c) Pathos?
200
As the bicyclist bore down on the man in the three-piece suit, he shifted with admirable dexterity and stepped out of the bicycle’s path and into the city bus’s. a. Verbal Irony b. Dramatic Irony c. Situational Irony d. Auditory Irony
What is (c) Situational Irony?
200
My great grandfather got dressed up and went away last month. Fortunately, he went peacefully and painlessly. a. Dramatic Irony b. Anaphora c. Euphemism d. Hyperbole
What is (c) Euphemism?
300
The reading assignment for AP Biology was extremely long, extremely difficult, and extremely dull. a. Anaphora b. Allusion c. Apostrophe d. Asyndeton
What is (a) Anaphora?
300
"A man may break a word with you, sir, and words are but wind." a. Simile b. Personification c. Metaphor d. Onomatopoeia
What is (c) a Metaphor?
300
Like you, I also worked in a factory to feed my family and provide a home for them. Who better to elect than a working man who understands what your family needs? a. Ethos b. Logos c. Pathos d. Expos
What is (a) Ethos?
300
The audience knows Juliet is only faking her death as Romeo drinks his dram of poison. a. Verbal Irony b. Dramatic Irony c. Situational Irony d. Auditory Irony
What is (b) Dramatic Irony?
300
My brother is partial to women with keen intellect, perverse humor, and long legs. a. Euphemism b. Syllogism c. Parallelism d. Sarcasm
What is (c) Parallelism?
400
"O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the city that kills the prophets and stones those sent to her! How often I wanted to gather your children together." a. Anaphora b. Apostrophe c. Asyndeton d. Alliteration
What is (b) Apostrophe?
400
"Because I could not stop for Death, he kindly stopped for me." a. Simile b. Personification c. Metaphor d. Onomatopoeia
What is (b) Personification?
400
She has a thousand reasons why she will not go out with you. a. Hyperbole b. Polysyndeton c. Epistrophe d. Apostrophe
What is (a) Hyperbole?
400
This AP Language test has proven to be as enjoyable as oral surgery. a. Verbal Irony b. Dramatic Irony c. Situational Irony d. Auditory Irony
What is (a) Verbal Irony?
400
He is a man of the cloth. a. Apostrophe b. Hyperbole c. Metonymy d. Polysyndeton
What is (c) Metonymy?
500
"Extremism in defense of liberty is no vice, moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue." a. Aphorism b. Anaphora c. Antithesis d. Allusion
What is (c) Antithesis?
500
Misconceptions are a passing occurrence in this place. a. Alliteration b. Consonance c. Metaphor d. Syllogism
What is (b) Consonance?
500
Last night I was busy with Calculus homework and Physics homework and play rehearsal and the Mr. PHS event. a. Anaphora b. Euphemism c. Synecdoche d. Polysyndeton
What is (d) Polysyndeton?
500
The crow’s abrupt caw-cawing echoed and reverberated in the brick courtyard of our building. a. Tactile Imagery b. Gustatory Imagery c. Visual Imagery d. Auditory Imagery
What is (d) Auditory Imagery?
500
The peaceful silence was interrupted sparingly by the sweet sound of a dove and left me aching for the blaring horns and emergency sirens of the city I’d grown to love. a. Gustatory Imagery b. Juxtaposition c. Oxymoron d. Parallelism
What is (b) Juxtaposition?