WorksheetsPuritans and Rhetorical Devices
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Deliberate exaggeration to emphasize a point
a)
Hyperbole
b)
Antithesis
c)
Rhetorical Question
d)
Simile
2.
Repetition of an initial consonant sound
a)
Alliteration
b)
Hyperbole
c)
Simile
d)
Analogy
3.
Comparing a difficult or unknown idea to something familiar
a)
Analogy
b)
Simile
4.
Comparing two unlike things using "like" or "as"
a)
Simile
b)
Metaphor
c)
Rhetorical Question
d)
Antithesis
5.
Comparison of two unlike things WITHOUT using "like" or "as"
a)
Metaphor
b)
Analogy
c)
Hyperbole
d)
Alliteration
6.
Repeating words or similarly structuring phrases or clauses
a)
Parallelism and Repetition
b)
Antithesis
c)
Analogy
d)
Hyperbole
7.
Joining two contrasting ideas together, often in parallel structure.
a)
Antithesis
b)
Rhetorical Question
c)
Alliteration
d)
Analogy
8.
Joining two contrasting ideas together, often in parallel structure.
a)
Antithesis
b)
Analogy
c)
Simile
d)
Metaphor
9.
A question that does not require an answer because the speaker sees the question as obvious.
a)
Rhetorical Question
b)
Simile
c)
Antithesis
d)
Alliteration
10.
A figure of speech in which two vastly different objects are likened together with the help of similes or metaphors. This is usually found in poetry.
a)
Conceit
b)
Simile
c)
Metaphor
d)
Analogy
11.
A group of English Protestants of the late 16th and 17th centuries who regarded the Reformation of the Church of England under Elizabeth as incomplete and sought to simplify and regulate forms of worship.
a)
Puritan
b)
Conceit
c)
Pilgrims
d)
Similes
12.
The belief that everything that happens has already been determined by God and there is no way to change that.
a)
Predestination
b)
Puritan
c)
Conceit
d)
Antithesis
13.
The first writer in England's North American colonies to be published. Author of "The Author to Her Book."
a)
Anne Bradstreet
b)
Edward Taylor
c)
Jonathan Edwards
d)
Arthur Miller
14.
A colonial American poet, pastor, and physician. Author of "Upon a Spider Catching a Fly."
a)
Edward Taylor
b)
Anne Bradstreet
c)
Jonathan Edwards
d)
J.K. Rowling
15.
An American revivalist preacher and philosopher. Author of "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God."
a)
Jonathan Edwards
b)
Edward Taylor
c)
Anne Bradstreet
d)
J.R.R. Tolkien
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