WorksheetsStylistic Devices in Latin literature
Total questions: 14
Worksheet time: 11mins
a sentences with a series of three examples to illustrate the point
(a)
when the same stem or root is repeated in more than one word
(a)
the same word repeated at the beginning of a line of poetry
(a)
using one word or phrase to ‘stand in’ for another
ecphrasis
metonymy
simile
metaphor
a double negative
metonymy
synecdoche
litotes
doublo negativo
detailed description of a place or building
entasis
ecphrasis
simile
metonymy
‘I am carried away like a ship swept along in fast water’ is...
metaphor
metonymy
simile
tricolon
“et dicet ‘poenas garrulus iste dabit!’ “ is...
apostrophe
direct speech
hyperbole
metonymy
‘What the young man of Phocis was to Orestes of Argolis’ is...
an apostrophe
an anaphora
an ecphrasis
a mythological example
what stylistic device is underlined here?
anaphora
allusion
metonymy
apostrophe
‘They penetrated the house with a close-packed step’ (Apuleius) is an example of...
simile
military imagery
comparison
ablative absolute
‘When, in the manner of the Sirens, ...they make the rocks resound with their destructive voices’ is an example of...
mythological example
metonymy
ecphrasis
direct speech
‘teneo te meum lumen’ (Psyche to Cupid) is...
a simile
a metaphor
a silly phrase
a plea
The fact that the sisters (in Apuleius) complain about Psyche being wicked and lying to them is an example of...
simile
metaphor
irony
poetic justice
