Literary Techniques and Rhetorical Devices for Creative Wriring

Question 1

"If I were to die today, I hope it is because of hubris." Hubris most closely means...

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arrogance

Question 2

The story of waking up to check his Facebook page the morning Gabrielle Gifford was shot uses..

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anecdote

Question 3

The "Boobs are life personified" statement continues in an extended metaphor also known as a

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conceit

Question 4

"Want to go to college? Do it. Want to get drunk Sat night? Do it. Want to have sex? Do it."

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epistrophe

Question 5

"Art is difficult" is an example of...

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understatement

Question 6

What is the name of the prison camp in North Korea?

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Camp 22

Question 7

"Where my Paul Walkers at?" is an example of

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allusion

Question 8

"Listen to your dreams; they whisper important things through white noise." is an example of...

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personification

Question 9

if you can face their withering ghosts, you're stronger than I was makes use of what technique?

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second person

Question 10

What rhetorical device uses the same phrase at the beginning of consecutive sentences?

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anaphora

Question 11

"My older sister once told me, 'Never run after people'." is an example of...

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aphorism

Question 12

What food is used as a "show" type example of allowing oneself to indulge ?

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deep fried oreos

Question 13

Your math teacher yelled at you 'cause you were sexting your bf under the desk? I wonder why?

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rhetorical question

Question 14

The careful selection of certain words to create an effect is called the author's use of...

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diction

Question 15

What artist does one writer allude to while discussing the power of art?

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Stevie Wonder

Question 16

"Girls are like baseball; once you hit it, run home as fast as you can." is an example of...

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simile

Question 17

"It's never too late for cereal and it's never too cold for ice cream" is an example of...

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parallelism

Question 18

What simile does the author use to explain girls

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Pokemon

Question 19

"Haters gonna hate, eagles gonna fly" is an example of...

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parallelism

Question 20

What do you call the various sentence structures that make up a piece of writing?

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syntax

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