Literary devices DP

What figure of speech is represented in the sentence “He was sweating like a racehorse.”

• Litotes

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Onomatopeia

A particular kind of understatement as exemplified in the sentence “I was not unhappy with the outcome” is called what?

• Hyperbole

• Metonymy

• Litotes

• Euphemism

When a word’s vocalization imitates a natural sound, as can be heard in the words murmur, buzz, and pop, what do we call that device?

• Onomatopoeia

• Personification

• Anaphora

• Synecdoche

What is the device exemplified by Eliza Doolittle’s use of the word “abso-bloomin’-lutely”?

• Cacophony

• Tmesis

• Litotes

• Chiasmus

What literary device does the Rodgers and Hammerstein song “Do I love you because you’re beautiful? Or are you beautiful because I love you?” illustrate?

• Aphorism

• Chiasmus

• Metaphor

• Imagery

I've told you a million times not to do that

• Litotes

• Simile

• Personification

• Hyperbole

“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness,..."

• Synecdoche

• Imagery

• Anaphora

• Onomatopoeia

The lake was left shivering by the touch of morning wind.

• Synecdoche

• Imagery

• Alliteration

• Hyperbole

What's the headcount for next week's party?

• Alliteration

• Litote

• Simile

• Synecdoche

“The sun smiled down on us.”

• Personification

• Hyperbole

• Simile

• Metaphor