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Rhetorical Devices Week 4

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

a device in which normally unassociated words or phrases are placed next to one another, often creating an effect of surprise and wit

a)

juxtaposition

b)

metaphor

c)

oxymoron

d)

paradox

2.

A comparison between two things not using like or as

a)

simile

b)

metaphor

c)

paradox

d)

parallelism

3.

A figure of speech that combines opposite or contradictory terms in a brief phrase.

a)

oxymoron

b)

paradox

c)

parallelism

d)

juxtaposition

4.

A statement or proposition that seems self-contradictory or absurd but in reality expresses a possible truth.

a)

oxymoron

b)

juxtaposition

c)

allusion

d)

paradox

5.

Phrases or sentences of a similar construction/meaning placed side by side, balancing each other

a)

antithesis

b)

parallelism

c)

contrast

d)

simile

6.

Which device?

a)

oxymoron

b)

paradox

c)

parallelism

d)

metaphor

7.

Which device?

a)

simile

b)

oxymoron

c)

paradox

d)

metaphor

8.

This quote from Hunger Games was first seen in Romeo and Juliet.

a)

allusion

b)

alliteration

c)

simile

d)

personification

9.

Which device?

a)

alliteration

b)

assonance

c)

simile

d)

metaphor

10.

Which device?

a)

alliteration

b)

parallelism

c)

paradox

d)

oxymoron

11.

Which device?

a)

metaphor

b)

simile

c)

personification

d)

allusion

12.

Which device?

a)

juxtaposition

b)

metaphor

c)

simile

d)

parallelism