English 6 VWO Literary Terms & Stylistic Devices Real Exam Questions And Well Detailed Answers 1005 Verified.
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Alliteration - correct answer The repetition of initial consonant (first consonants of words). "After life's fitful fever he sleeps
well.."
Allusion - correct answer A brief and indirect reference to a person, place, thin...
Alliteration - correct answer The repetition of initial consonant (first consonants of
words). "After life's fitful fever he sleeps
well.."
Allusion - correct answer A brief and indirect reference to a person, place, thing or
idea of historical, cultural,
literary or political significance. It does not describe in detail the person or thing to which it refers. It is
just a passing comment and the writer expects the reader to possess enough knowledge to spot the
allusion and grasp its importance in a text. "Don't act like a Romeo in front of
her."
Classical allusion - correct answer A reference to the mythology of the
Greeks and Romans. e.g. if someone is afflicted with an
"Achilles' heel"
Analogy - correct answer A comparison in which an idea or a thing is compared to
another thing that is quite different from it. It aims at explaining that idea or thing by comparing it to
something that is familiar. Metaphors and similes are tools used to draw this. Therefore, it is more
extensive and elaborate than either a simile or a metaphor. We use this in our everyday conversation.
"Structure of an atom is like a solar
system. Nucleus is the sun and
electrons are the planets revolving
around their sun."
Personification - correct answer The attribution of human nature or character to
animals, inanimate objects, or abstract notions. Death is my son-in-law, Death is
my heir;/ My daughter he has
, wedded
Simile - correct answer this is a figure of speech that compares two things that are
alike in some way, using the words "like" or "as". The effect of the comparison may be violent, comic,
degrading, decorative, ennobling, etc. "cute as a kitten,"
Metaphor - correct answer A figure of speech in which a word or phrase that
ordinarily designates one thing is used to designate another, thus making an implicit comparison. The
effect of the comparison may be violent, comic, degrading, decorative, ennobling, etc. That hog has
guzzled all the
champagne!
Extended metaphor - correct answer A complex metaphor that often comprises
several lines, in which the comparison is explained and/or elaborated on in detail. "Life's but a walking
shadow, a
poor player
That struts and frets his hour upon
the stage
And then is heard no more.
Assonance - correct answer A special type of internal rhyme in which the vowel
sounds in nearby words are repeated. "You stand at the blackboard,
daddy"
Consonance - correct answer A special type of alliteration in which the repeated
pattern of consonants is marked by changes in the intervening vowels--i.e., the final consonants of the
stressed syllables match each other but the vowels differ. Peter Piper picked a peck of
pickled peppers.
(the p-sounds and the k-sounds
are repeated)
Hyperbole - correct answer A figure of speech in which exaggeration is used for
emphasis or effect. A device of irony. I could sleep for a year
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