Stylistic devices ENgA2

Question 1

Name the stylistic device: "Should every corporation buy its president a Rolls-Royce?"

Accepted Answer

Rhetorical question

Question 2

Name the stylistic device: "He is a lion"

Accepted Answer

Metaphor

Question 3

Name the stylistic device: "Justice is blind"

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Personification

Question 4

Name the stylistic device: "They are worse fed, worse clothed, worse washed"

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Repetition, Enumeration

Question 5

Name the stylistic device: "Because you're worth it"

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Direct address

Question 6

Name the stylistic device: "She walks like an angel."

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Simile

Question 7

Name the stylistic device: "Spoon-for-spoon as sweet as sugar."

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Alliteration

Question 8

"Today many workers find their labour mechanical, boring, imprisioning, and heartbreaking."

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Enumeration

Question 9

Name the stylistic device: "Oh, wow great!" (comment about forgotten homework)

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Irony

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