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A quick quiz testing your ability to identify rhetorical devices.
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1
“To err is human; to forgive divine.”
is an example of a balanced sentence and an/a ...?
alliteration
anecdote
antithesis
analogy
2
Which example is NOT a metaphor?
My brother was boiling mad.
She's as fast as the wind.
His voice was music to our ears.
My mini van is a rocket under my control.
3
What can people do? There are many actions they can take. Call their MPP, write letters, attend protests.
hyperbole
rhetorical question
hypophora
analogy
4
"Whether in class, at work or at home, Taelor was always busy." contains what device?
parallelism
polysyndeton
antithesis
balance
5
He wept for the children. He wept for the mothers. He wept for the future. This is an example of
analogy
epistrophe
anaphora
antithesis
6
"You are a real Einstein" is an example what literary device?
metaphor
analogy
allusion
simile
7
"Parting is such sweet sorrow." This quote from
Romeo and Juliet
contains an example of...
metaphor
oxymoron
personification
antithesis
8
When the outcome of an event is the opposite of what is expected
dramatic irony
situational irony
suspense
oxymoron
9
Aruj brags about his house. He calls it the Buckingham Palace of Aurora.
Analogy
Simile
Allusion
Metaphor
10
I played a tune on the ivories.
metonymy
metaphor
symbol
synechdoche
11
“We have ships and men and money and stores and weapons” is an example of what literary device?
repetition
parallelism
polysyndeton
balance
12
“Citizen is to prime minister as solar system is to galaxy" is an example of what device?
personification
metaphoor
analogy
simile
13
The best example of hyperbole is...
I have heard all team members' excuses.
"I could eat a whole pizza.
She ran at the speed of light.
"Your suitcase is twenty pounds!
14
A thing, an idea or an animal is given human attributes.
symbol
metaphor
personification
simile
15
“Elderly ladies lean, on canes listing toward me like Towers of Pisa ” Devices present are:
alliteration, allusion, simile
metaphor, analogy, allusion
symbol, metaphor
simile , allusion
16
Which is NOT an example of personification?
The sun shone brightly.
The flowers danced in the gentle breeze.
The wind whispered through dry grass.
Time and tide waits for none.
