Year 11 Literary Devices

"I came, I saw, I conquered" is an example of:

• Asyndeton

• Polysyndeton

• Syndeton

• Chiasmus

Which of the following is an example of assonance?

• Slow down when you approach the pedestrian crossing

• Just no

• Go slow over the road

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

The repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses is known as

• Assonance

• Anaphora

• Alliteration

• Antithesis

Which of the following is an example of metonymy?

• All hands on deck

• The brains helped me with my homework

• The rain in Spain falls mainly on the plain

• The crown's announcement sparked a public debate."

“You are talking to a man who has laughed in the face of death, sneered at doom, and chuckled at catastrophe” is an example of:

• Antimetabole

• Hypophora

• Tricolon

• Polygon

a rhetorical device in which a speaker poses a question and then immediately answers it is called

What technique is used prominently in this excerpt: "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair"

• Anaphora

• Assonance

• Aniseed

• Anecdote

a figure of speech in which a phrase is repeated, but with the order of words reversed is known as:

"Who dotes, yet doubts, suspects, yet strongly loves" is an example of:

• Antimetabole

• Chiasmus

• Chimera

• Antithesis

Chiasmus or Antimetabole?

"I mean what I say and I say what I mean"

• Chiasmus

• Antimetabole