WorksheetsRhetorical Devices Week 4
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 6mins
a device in which normally unassociated words or phrases are placed next to one another, often creating an effect of surprise and wit
juxtaposition
metaphor
oxymoron
paradox
A comparison between two things not using like or as
simile
metaphor
paradox
parallelism
A figure of speech that combines opposite or contradictory terms in a brief phrase.
oxymoron
paradox
parallelism
juxtaposition
A statement or proposition that seems self-contradictory or absurd but in reality expresses a possible truth.
oxymoron
juxtaposition
allusion
paradox
Phrases or sentences of a similar construction/meaning placed side by side, balancing each other
antithesis
parallelism
contrast
simile
Which device?
oxymoron
paradox
parallelism
metaphor
Which device?
simile
oxymoron
paradox
metaphor
This quote from Hunger Games was first seen in Romeo and Juliet.
allusion
alliteration
simile
personification
Which device?
alliteration
assonance
simile
metaphor
Which device?
alliteration
parallelism
paradox
oxymoron
Which device?
metaphor
simile
personification
allusion
Which device?
juxtaposition
metaphor
simile
parallelism
