1
What is the name of a stylistic literary device used to illustrate significant real-world problems?
Allegory
Alliteration
Elegy
Hyperbole
55% got this right
2
What is the name for a speech in praise of a person who has recently died?
Eulogy
Elegy
Ethology
Eudemis
49% got this right
3
What is an elegy?
A poem written in a lamenting tone
A drinking song
A figure of speech
A speech in praise of a person
34% got this right
4
"I heard it with my own ears" is an example of which kind of literary device?
Pleonasm
Allegory
Analogy
Elegy
27% got this right
5
What is the name for the study of sound patterns and meanings?
Phonology
Analogy
Etymology
Semantics
45% got this right
6
Which word best describes the term hyperbole?
Exaggeration
Comparison
Joke
Lie
71% got this right
7
What defines an epic?
A long poem telling the story of heroic figures
A drama with a happy ending
A lengthy spoof
A story with a sensational plot
60% got this right
8
What is the academic study of symbols called?
Semiotics
Hermeneutics
Psychology
Sinology
42% got this right
9
What is the word used to describe the purification or purgation of emotions?
Catharsis
Hubris
Hypothesis
Nemesis
36% got this right
10
"Britain’s biggest dog is named Tiny" is an example of which literary device?
Irony
Allegory
Euphemism
Sarcasm
44% got this right
11
What do etymologists study?
A word's origin
A word's meaning
A word's sound
A word's usage in everyday life
