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Duplicate of Rhetorical and Stylistic Devices
Duplicate of Rhetorical and Stylistic Devices
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1
A simile is a phrase that...
says one thing IS another.
contrasts two things
says one thing is LIKE/AS another
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Which of the following is an example of alliteration?
She went crashing, bashing, smashing through the room.
Chomping cigarettes carefully is hardly delicious.
If I bleat when I speak it’s because I just got fleeced.
Youthful unionists interrupted the board meeting.
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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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Which of the following is an example of hyperbole?
I was utterly exhausted by the process.
This lesson is going to take forever.
She had a terrible pain in her back.
5
Which of the following is a simile?
Her heart's as cold as ice
It's raining cats and dogs.
He is a mountain of a man!
6
Which of the following is a metaphor?
You are the apple of my eye.
She is as happy as a clam.
My love is like a red, red rose.
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Which of the following is an example of parallelism?
We shall fight on the seas; we shall fight with confidence
To err is human: to forgive is divine.
I like running, swimming, and to dance.
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Which of the following is an example of onomatopoeia?
Water drips slowly from the tap.
It's embarrassing if your phone rings in class.
Tick tock goes the clock
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A metaphor is a phrase that...?
says one thing IS another
says one thing is LIKE another
talks about elephants
10
Which of the following is an example of personification?
The wind whispered in the tree tops.
Opportunity knocks.
Time marches on.
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Hyperbole is...
a phrase with strong imagery
a highly descriptive phrase
an extreme exaggeration
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Which of the following is an example of hypophora?
To be or not to be? That is the question.
It's a pretty terrible story, isn't it?
I will win. Why? Because I've trained the most.
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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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Which of the following is an example of anaphora?
Tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth
Thou shall not kill. Thou shall not steal...
See no evil. Hear no evil. Speak no evil.
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Which of the following is an example of allusion?
She fell in love with him despite knowing he was a casanova
Hey coy smile reminded me of a painting I once saw in Paris.
His angered rained down with the force of Thor's hammer
She was a temptress - her breath smelled of apples
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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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Alliteration is the...
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
repetition of the same vowel sound in successive words
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Parallelism is...
successive clauses/sentences that are similarly structured.
the repetition of the same word in multiple sentences
repetition of the same phrase in successive sentences
repetition of the same word in successive sentences
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Hypophora is...
A question raised and immediately answered.
Repeating words in successive phrases
Repeating sentence structure in successive phrases
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Anaphora is the...
use of similar grammatical structure in multiple sentences
repetition of a word/phrase to start successive sentences
repetition of a word/phrase to end successive sentences
use of similar words in multiple sentences
