Literary Technique or Rhetorical Device

"The other girl was black and fat and homely, and Carol was white and fat and homely" (110). This sentence is an example of

• polysyndeton

• asyndeton

• parallelism

• anaphora

"Like the Nazis, ante bellum whites had known quite a bit more than I ever wanted to learn" (117). This sentence contains

• allusion and metaphor

• allusion and simile

• allusion only

• simile and anaphora

When a year is the best AND the worst in your life, it can be labeled

• allusion

• verbal irony

• anaphora

• paradox

The art of persuasion/ manipulation is also known as

• allusion

• rhetoric

• anaphora

• asyndeton

setting up rhythm as a memory device by using repetition of the first letter of a word repeated two or times in a line is called

• assonance

• consonance

• alliteration

• anaphora

a figure of speech that references a person, place, thing, or event. Each of these concepts can be real or imaginary, referring to anything from fiction to folklore to historical events and religious texts

• parallelism

• paradox

• juxtaposition

• allusion

Used as a means to control, to diminish, to frighten, and to establish a sense of self through eradicating that of another, Violence is carried out with whips, fists, words, gestures, and psychological terror. Reoccurring violence is considered an example of

• motif

• symbol

• drama

Fill in the blank: "The associations people make with words that go beyond the literal or dictionary definition. Many words have ____________ that create emotions or feelings in the reader."

• allusions

• hyperboles

• connotations

• juxtaposition

I'm so hungry I could eat a horse! is an example of

• juxtaposition

• anaphora

• apostrophe

• hyperbole

________ is a brief and indirect reference to a person, place, thing or idea of historical, cultural, literary or political significance. It does not describe in detail the person or thing to which it refers. It is just a passing comment and the writer expects the reader to possess enough knowledge to spot the allusion and grasp its importance in a text.

• allusion

• apostrophe

• anaphora

• anthropomorphize