Literary Devices Quiz 456 (20 MCQs)

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1. I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.
2. A figure of speech that combines opposite or contradictory terms in a brief phrase (Civil War, for example)
3. The former principal of CIC was a man of the cloth
4. You are a regular Einstein
5. Just do it is an example of .....
6. Macbeth demonstrates his perniciousness when he has this man's entire family killed.
7. Plankton often causes problems for Spongebob & Mr. Krabs. He is an example of:
8. We accept $ 10 bills, $ 20 bills and any other denomination you might have. What does "denomination" mean in this context?
9. "Try to light the fire" is an example of .....
10. Which literary device uses words such as "like" or "as" to make comparisons between two things?
11. Which sentence correctly uses a dash?
12. Break a leg!, What does this idiom mean?
13. She would say I'm fine.She'd be lying.
14. The sunset was the most gorgeous they'd ever seen; the clouds were edged with pink and gold.
15. It is a Greek word meaning "overcasting" . The use of exaggeration to lay emphasis.
16. The reason RHHS has to make up school days is because it snowed and the students missed too many days. This is:
17. A figure of speech that give human qualities to nonhuman objects (Example:The wind whispered through the trees) is called
18. Mr. Brown was considered to be the meanest teacher in the building, but the author allowed us to also witness him working at his church, fixing a child's flat bike tire, and rake the leaves in his mother's yard.
19. The author purposely repeats words or phrases; the author is trying to create rhythm or suspense, or is trying to really emphasize a certain idea.
20. The associations called up by a word that goes beyond its dictionary meaning