Literary Devices III

"Sarcasm and Verbal Irony are basically the same thing"

• True

• False

"Verbal Irony is where one thing is expected but the other thing is what happens"

• True

• False

"You can have sarcasm without verbal irony"

• True

• False

"Sarcasm is verbal irony + the intention to mock / criticize"

• True

• False

"Alliteration is the repetition of initial consonant sounds at the beginnings of words that either follow one after the next or close together."

• True

• False

This is a good example of Alliteration:

"Eric the egg salesman had excellent, everyday customers"

• True

• False

This is a good example of alliteration:

"For every failure the French also celebrated fantastic success"

• True

• False

This is a good example of alliteration:

"Cute little kitty cat"

• True

• False

What literary device is illustrated in this statement?

"My bags weigh a ton"

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personification

• Hyperbole

What literary device is illustrated in this statement?

"I feel so sleepy, I can sleep for a thousand years"

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Hyperbole

• Personification