Comparative Literary Devices and Repetitions

Question 1

The Scottish Play

Accepted Answer

Macbeth

Question 2

Which literary device was used in the following text taken from "The Gettysburg Address"?

Accepted Answer

Epistrophe, Epiphora

Question 3

Comparative literary device that uses the words "as" or "like".

Accepted Answer

Simile

Question 4

Life is like a box of chocolates. You never know what you're gonna get.

Accepted Answer

Simile

Question 5

Words, having the same first consonant sound, occur close together in a series.

Accepted Answer

Alliteration

Question 6

Repetitions

Accepted Answer

Anaphora/epistrophe/symploce

Question 7

Comparative literary devices

Accepted Answer

Similes/metaphors

Question 8

What purposes do literary devices accomplish? (Choose one)

Accepted Answer

All are true

Question 9

“The woods are getting ready to sleep — they are not yet asleep but they are disrobing ”

Accepted Answer

Personification

Question 10

The text in the example is a(n) _________________.

Accepted Answer

Anaphora

Question 11

Techniques writers use to produce a special effect in their writing.

Accepted Answer

Stylistic Devices, Literary Devices

Question 12

The text in the image is a fine example of__________________ .

Accepted Answer

Alliteration

Question 13

“A hospital bed is a parked taxi with the meter running.”Groucho Marx

Accepted Answer

Metaphor

Question 14

Symploce

Accepted Answer

Anaphora+ epiphora

Questions 14