Language techniques quiz

The sun was like a large ball of butter" is an example of what literary technique?

€�The wall stared at me silently" is an example of what type of literary tool?

"If I do not eat my daily papaya, I will surely die" is an example of what type of literary device? "If I do not eat my daily papaya, I will surely die" is an example of what type of literary device?

"The road was a ribbon of moonlight," is an example of which of these literary techniques?

"The wise fool is burning my taco" employs what kind of literary device?

The main character hears a scream, and then sees a man running out of the room with a bloody knife. You can often come to the conclusion (most of the time) that he killed whoever just screamed, although it never says outright that "the guy with the knife butchered the screamer." This type of intelligent conclusion drawn by the reader based on clues and observations is called a(n) __________?

"Romeo and Juliet". In the Fifth Act of the play, Romeo arrives at the Capulet family tomb to find his love, Juliet, supposedly dead. However, we in the audience know that Juliet is not really dead, she merely took a potion to make it look like she was dead for her own motives. When the audience of a story knows more than the characters involved, what type of irony is employed?

If you were bullied by another kid on the playground, and afterwards your friend came over and said "I'll bet you loved that" and you said "Of course", what type of irony were you employing?

"Hot ice" is an example of what literary technique?

"I simultaneously composed and destroyed the opera while writing it" is an example of what kind of literary device?

"Bob is as brave as a lion" is an example of what literary device in action? "Bob is as brave as a lion" is an example of what literary device in action?

"My mother always told me never to get close to any danger, as that would be dancing with the devil. Little did I know that in my professional ballroom dancing career, that is exactly what I would do." What literary device is used here through the whole example?