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"The only rule is that there are no rules" is an example of
Overstatement
Similie
Paradox
Metaphor
2
Repetition of words or words in successive clauses.
Symbolism
Anaphora
Asyndeton
Analogy
3
Telling a story from personal experience employs which device?
Logos
Anecdote
Hyberbole
Asyndeton
4
Which device addresses a thing, an abstraction, or a person not present?
Contradiction
Allusion
Epigraph
Apostrophe
5
What is a statement of common truth and unknown authorship?
Confusing
Anaphora
Aphorism
Contradiction
6
"I'm on a seafood diet, I see food, I eat it" is represented by which rhetorical device?
Symbolism
Oxymoron
Pun
Metonymy
7
"Crunch", "Pow", "Hiss", and "Boom" can demonstrate which device when employed?
Sarcasm
Oxymoron
Anecdote
Onomatopoeia
8
The use of like or as in a sentence utilizes which rhetorical device?
Ethos
Antithesis
Similie
Allegory
9
"The leaves waved in the wind" represents which device?
Similie
Logic
Allegory
Personification
10
Which represents the use of a longer expression to convey a common/shorter subject or idea?
Personification
Parallelism
Polysyndeton
Periphrasis
11
Which of the following is a reference to history, culture, literature, or religion?
Allusion
Ethos
Anecdote
Contradiction
12
"The pen is mightier than the sword" represents which rhetorical device?
Metonymy
Aphorism
Symbolism
Metaphor
13
"Intramural hockey is a strenuous, stimulating, satisfying sport" represents which device?
Alliteration
Parallelism
Logos
Sarcasm
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The practice of using symbols, especially by investing things with a symbolic meaning
Symbolism
Tropes
Antithesis
Parallelism
15
The phrase "I came, I saw, I conquered" represents which rhetorical device?
Tropes
Juxtaposition
Irony
Asyndeton
16
"Today I got English homework and science homework and math homework and writing homework"
Polysyndeton
Choppy Diction
Allegory
Punctuation
17
Which device is a counter-position that denotes a direct contrast to the original proposition?
Antithesis
Anaphora
Parallelism
Periphrasis
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Using two terms together that contradict each other
Analogy
Oxymoron
Epigraph
Juxtaposition
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Aphorism is a reference to history, literature, or religion.
False
True
20
Juxtaposition is placing two or more ideas in a close proximity to convey a point.
False
True
21
Puns, onomatopoeia, and double entendre are tropes involving word play
True
False
22
What is an extended metaphor that is meant to represent a moral/lesson/theme?
Epigraph
Allegory
Analogy
Logos
23
"Johnny went here and t
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re" represents
Consonance
Anaphora
Connotation
Assonance
24
Which of the following is an appeal to ethics/logic/emotion?
Logos/Pathos/Ethos
Ethos/Logos/Pathos
Ethos/Pathos/Logos
Pathos/Ethos/Logos
25
Which device involves placing two or more ideas in close proximity to convey a point?
Motif
Juxaposition
Double Entendre
Analogy
26
"O Romeo, Romeo! Wherefore art thou Romeo?" represents which rhetorical device?
Anecdote
Apostrophe
Analogy
Exaggeration
27
What is a brief motto or quotation set at the beginning of a text to suggest its meaning?
Hyperbole
Epigraph
Overstatement
Understatement
28
"His cotton candy words did not appeal to her taste" is an example of
<p>Irony</p>
Periphrasis
Analogy
Metaphor
29
"The city that never sleeps" represents. . .
Periphrasis
Trope
Analogy
Assonance
30
"I'd tell you a chemistry joke but I know I wouldn't get a reaction" is a(n). . .
Overstatement
Juxtaposition
Pun
Paradox