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Rhetorical and Stylistic Devices
Rhetorical and Stylistic Devices
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Which of the following is a simile?
It's raining cats and dogs.
He is a mountain of a man!
Her heart's as cold as ice
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Which of the following is a metaphor?
My love is like a red, red rose.
She is as happy as a clam.
You are the apple of my eye.
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Which of the following is an example of hypophora?
It's a pretty terrible story, isn't it?
I will win. Why? Because I've trained the most.
To be or not to be? That is the question.
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Which of the following is an example of personification?
Time marches on.
Opportunity knocks.
The wind whispered in the tree tops.
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Onomatopoeia is...
An impossible word to pronounce
A word that generates the sound it represents.
The comparison of multiple objects
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A metaphor is a phrase that...?
says one thing is LIKE another
talks about elephants
says one thing IS another
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Which of the following is an example of parallelism?
We shall fight on the seas; we shall fight with confidence
I like running, swimming, and to dance.
To err is human: to forgive is divine.
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A simile is a phrase that...
says one thing is LIKE/AS another
contrasts two things
says one thing IS another.
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Hyperbole is...
a phrase with strong imagery
a highly descriptive phrase
an extreme exaggeration
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Anaphora is the...
repetition of a word/phrase to start successive sentences
repetition of a word/phrase to end successive sentences
use of similar grammatical structure in multiple sentences
use of similar words in multiple sentences
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Which of the following is an example of hyperbole?
I was utterly exhausted by the process.
She had a terrible pain in her back.
This lesson is going to take forever.
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Which of the following is an example of alliteration?
If I bleat when I speak it’s because I just got fleeced.
Youthful unionists interrupted the board meeting.
Chomping cigarettes carefully is hardly delicious.
She went crashing, bashing, smashing through the room.
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Personification is...
giving human qualities to animals or objects
using your personality to get what you want
another word for Artificial Intelligence
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Hypophora is...
A question raised and immediately answered.
Repeating sentence structure in successive phrases
Repeating words in successive phrases
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Which of the following is an example of onomatopoeia?
It's embarrassing if your phone rings in class.
Tick tock goes the clock
Water drips slowly from the tap.
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Which of the following is an example of allusion?
His angered rained down with the force of Thor's hammer
She was a temptress - her breath smelled of apples
She fell in love with him despite knowing he was a casanova
Her coy smile reminded me of a painting I once saw in Paris.
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Alliteration is the...
repetition of the same vowel sound in successive words
use of the same starting sound in successive words
repetition of the same consonant sound in successive words
reference to other/famous works of literature
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Allusion is...
comparing something to a famous person or event
using abstract imagery to engage your audience
passing reference to a significant person/event/story, etc.
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Parallelism is...
successive clauses/sentences that are similarly structured.
repetition of the same word in successive sentences
the repetition of the same word in multiple sentences
repetition of the same phrase in successive sentences
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Which of the following is an example of anaphora?
Thou shall not kill. Thou shall not steal...
See no evil. Hear no evil. Speak no evil.
Tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth
