Review of Review of Literary Terms Literary Terms One to FifteenOne to Fifteen

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1. A stylistic scheme in which conjunctions are deliberately omitted from a series of related clauses is known as a/an _____________.

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2. A/an __________ is a wise, universally applicable saying that bears repetition.

abstract languageallegoryaphorismapostrophe

3. A figure of speech consisting of speech directed in an abstract direction—to a person not present or to a thing—is known as a/an ___________.

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4. Julius Caesar’s famous "I came, I saw, I conquered” is an example of __________________.

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5. “O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory?” is an example of a/an _____________.

anecdoteaphorismapostropheasyndeton

6. The Chinese proverb that states that it is “better to light a candle than to curse the darkness” is an example of a/an _______.

anecdoteaphorismapostropheasyndeton

7. "They dove, splashed, floated, splashed, swam, snorted."(James T. Farrell, Young Lonigan)

The previous quotation includes which of the following devices?

analogyanaphoraanecdoteaphorismapostropheasyndeton

8. "A street light is like a star. Both provide light at night, both are in predictable locations, both are overhead, and both serve no function in the daytime.”

The previous quotation includes which two of the following devices?

abstract languageanalogyanalogousanecdote

9. “A brain and a computer are _________.”

Which of the following words is the only word that will complete the sentence accurately (both in grammatical structure and logic)?

allegoryalliterationanachronismanalogy

10. “The sword is an __________ in modern warfare.”

Which of the following words is the only word that will complete the sentence accurately (both in grammatical structure and logic)?