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WorksheetsRhetorical Devices
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 6mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
"Clattering Cauldrons" is an example of...
a)
Synecdoche
b)
Alliteration
c)
Hyperbole
d)
Simile
2.
Anaphora is best described as...
a)
Having the first letter of consecutive words be the same
b)
repetition of word in same sentence with multiple inflectional endings
c)
comparison of diverse or contradictory things
d)
repetition of a word at beginning of successive phrases for emphasis
3.
"Contrast by a reverse parallelism" is known as...
a)
Dinumeration
b)
Erotesis
c)
Chiasmus
d)
Macrology
4.
"Jumbo Shrimp" is an example of a...
a)
Oxymoron
b)
Cephalopod
c)
Mesozeugma
d)
Paroemia
5.
Synecdoche is when you...
a)
Use a word figuratively to refer to a closely related object
b)
Start a statement with several words starting with the same letter
c)
Use the part to refer to the whole (or vice versa)
d)
Compare two things rhetorically to one another
6.
"With the speed of a cheetah, the man sprinted past me" is an example of...
a)
Metaphor
b)
Trope
c)
Simile
d)
Euphimism
7.
"A gradual increase in force of rhetorical expressions or in the drama of a performance"
a)
Aposiopesis
b)
Epilogue
c)
Heterosis
d)
Climax
8.
A simile is...
a)
The separation of a word into parts by an intervening word
b)
The comparison of two things, using a linking word or phrase
c)
The use of elevated style to discuss a trivial matter
d)
The use of a word to modify two or more words in different ways
9.
"Turn the lights down now
Now I take you by the hand
Hand you another drink
Drink it if you can"
is an example of...
Now I take you by the hand
Hand you another drink
Drink it if you can"
is an example of...
a)
Echolalia
b)
Gemination
c)
Symploce
d)
Ploce
10.
"A contrast of ideas by means of parallel arrangement of words or clauses" describes...
a)
Asteism
b)
Noema
c)
Paralipsis
d)
Antithesis
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