Rhetorical Devices Quiz (pt. 4)

During a school play, David exclaimed, 'Look at Nora! She's a bird! A plane! Superman!' Which literary device is David using in this sentence?

• Epithet

• Climax

• Assonance

• Parallelism

During a literature class, Avery asked Oliver, 'What is the correct definition of synecdoche?' Oliver replied:

• 'It's a nickname or descriptive term used to refer to someone.'

• 'It's ordering words so that they build up in intensity.'

• 'It's the repetition of the same vowel sound with different consonants.'

• 'It's when a part of something is used to refer to the whole.'

During a school trip to Philadelphia, David, Benjamin, and Aria decided to try out the local cuisine. They found that people in Philly love to eat hoagies and all kinds of tasty jawns. What literary device is being used in this description?

• Colloquialism

• Syllogism

• Metonymy

• Expletive

What is the correct definition of chiasmus?

• An interrupting word or phrase used for emphasis

• Reversing the grammatical order in two otherwise parallel phrases or sentences

• An argument based on deductive reasoning that uses generalizations to reach specific conclusions

• When the name of something is replaced with something related to it

During a breakfast gathering, Michael commented, 'The eggs that Daniel cooked were not, in any sense of the word, delicious.' Which literary device is Michael using in his statement?

• Epithet

• Climax

• Expletive

• Chiasmus

Oliver, a literature student, came across the term 'epithet' in his textbook. Which of the following would be the correct definition that he should understand?

• A nickname or descriptive term used to refer to someone

• Ordering words so that they build up in intensity

• The repetition of the same vowel sound with different consonants

• Using grammatically similar phrases or sentences together

James has a pet dog named Biscuit. He learned in his biology class that all dogs are mammals. Therefore, he concluded that Biscuit must be a mammal. Which literary device is James using in his conclusion?

• Syllogism

• Metonymy

• Assonance

• Parallelism

Kai, Anika, and Abigail are in a poetry class. Their teacher asked, 'What is the correct definition of assonance that you would use if you were writing a poem?'

• A nickname or descriptive term used to refer to someone

• Ordering words so that they build up in intensity

• The repetition of the same vowel sound with different consonants

• Using grammatically similar phrases or sentences together

During a school concert, Daniel noticed that William had a deep affection for music. He observed that William had loved music from the time he was a baby until now. Which literary device is used in this observation?

• Epithet

• Climax

• Metonymy

• Expletive

Dog owners own dogs and cats own cat owners. What rhetorical device is being used?

• syllogism

• metonymy

• asyndeton

• chiasmus