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WorksheetsLiterary Figures of Speech
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 5mins
What is a sibilant?
Word that makes a "thumping" sound
Word that makes a "popping" sound
Word that makes a "hissing" sound
Word that makes a "grinding" sound
What do asyndetons eliminate from a sentance?
proper nouns
conjunctions
hyperboles
capital letters
Rhetorical questions are meant to be answered
True
False
An example of a polysyndeton would be:
et... et... et...
canis... canis... canis...
cena... cena... cena...
neque... neque... neque...
Synchesis uses:
A-B-B-A
B-B-A-A
A-A-B-B
A-B-A-B
Polyptotons are formed by using the repetition of
two completely different words
the same word
the same word but in a different way each time
random words
Example of Polyptoton:
The cat ran over to the dog
No end to the withering of withered flowers
The sky parted to reveal the sun
The dog ran over to the cat
"Huc est mens deducta tuā mea Lesbia culpa" Uses Synchysis
True
False
Example of Polysyndeton:
hic confixum ferrea texit telorum seges et iaculis increuit acutis.
Templa dei saxo uenerabar structa uetusto
non haec tibi litora suasit
Delius aut Cretae iussit considere Apollo
Veni et vidi et vici
What device is used here:
quis nunc te adibit? cui videberis bella?
quem nunc amabis? cuius esse diceris?
quem basiabis? cui labella mordebis?
Rhetorical question
polysyndeton
assonance
litotes
"Veni,vidi,vici"
Is an example of what literary device?
polyptoton
sibilance
asyndeton
polysyndeton
The word "sash" is an example of what device?
polyptoton
litotes
chiasmus
sibilance
What device is in use? "et vino et sale et omnibus cachinnis."
polysyndeton
synchesis
asyndeton
litotes
Iuppiter", "Iovis", "Iovi", "Iovem", "Iove" is an example of :
rhetorical question
polyptoton
sibilance
anaphora
What device is in use?
Portitor has horrendus aquas et flumina servat
asyndeton
polysyndeton
synchesis
assonance
