Lit Terms

“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of light, it was the season of darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair.”

― Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities

What literary device is used in the passage above?

• Hyperbole

• Hypophora

• Anaphora

• Epiphora

What is the difference between alliteration, consonance, and assonance?

• The types of letters repeating and where the repetition happens within a word.

• The number of times something is repeated in a text.

• The syllables that are emphasized in the repetition.

• Nothing, they are essentially different words for the same thing.

What is the function of an adjective?

• It describes or modifies a verb.

• It describes or modifies a noun.

• It describes or modifies an adverb.

• It describes or modifies other adjectives.

The last time Juliet saw him, he was getting into Ronnie's car.

What part of speech is Ronnie's as it is used in the sentence above?

• Noun

• Adjective

• Adverb

• Verb

What is the function of an adverb?

• Describe or modify a noun

• Describe or modify a noun, adjective, or a preposition

• Describe or modify an interjection or a pronoun

• Describe or modify a verb, adjective, or another adverb

The super angry dog aggressively attacked the very terrified girl who was innocently skating by.

How many adverbs are used in the sentence above?

• 4

• 3

• 2

• 5

What is an allegory?

• A story that brings joy to others

• A story within a story

• A story that follows a specific pattern

• A story that makes an indirect reference to something in pop culture

Which sentence would be an example of an allusion?

• She cringed when she saw Calculus on her schedule because math has always been her kryptonite.

• There were a million reasons to leave him, but she only needed one to stay.

• The teacher taught too many concepts at one time.

• The blind spot in the back of the cornea creates an interesting trick of the brain.

To err is human; to forgive is divine.

What literary device is used in the sentence above?

• Apostrophe

• Oxymoron

• Epistrophe

• Antithesis

Which of these is an example of apostrophe?

• Your nose seems to grow every time you tell me where you've been.

• The little star winked at anyone who looked her way.

• She can't keep up the act anymore.

• Twinkle, twinkle, little star, how I wonder what you are.