Rhetorical Devices Quiz #1

The device of using character and/or story elements symbolically to represent an abstraction in addition to the literal meaning.

• allusion

• allegory

• euphamism

• aphorism

A direct or indirect reference to something which is presumably commonly known, such as an event, book, myth, or work of art. They can be historical, literary, religious, topical or mythical.

• allegory

• allusion

• euphemism

• metaphor

The emotional mood created by the entirety of a literary work, established partly by the

setting and partly by the author's choice of objects that are described.

• analogy

• ambiguity

• anecdote

• atmosphere

The repetition of the last word of one clause at the beginning of the following clause: “Fear leads to anger; anger leads to hate; hate leads to suffering”--Yoda

• anadiplosis

• anaphora

• alliteration

• euphemism

A terse statement of known authorship which expresses a general truth or a moral principle; if the authorship is unknown, it is generally considered a folk proverb.

• anecdote

• euphemism

• aphorism

• anaphora

A figure of speech that directly addresses an absent or imaginary person or a personified abstraction, such as liberty or love.

• epistrophe

• apostrophe

• conceit

• exposition

A similarity or comparison between two different things or the relationship between them.

• metaphor

• analogy

• anecdote

• antecedent

The repetition of sounds, especially initial sounds in two or more neighboring words.

• anadiplosis

• diction

• alliteration

• anaphora

A short narrative detailing particulars of an interesting episode or event.

• allegory

• euphemism

• conceit

• anecdote

The multiple meanings, either intentional or unintentional, of a word, phrase, sentence or passage.

• connotation

• denotation

• ambiguity

• apostrophe