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9-CHRYSOLITE_Quiz 10: Literary and Rhetorical Devices

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

“Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to hate. Hate leads to suffering.”

a)

Anadiplosis

b)

Anaphora

c)

Epiphora

d)

Chiasmus

2.

"I came, I saw, I conquered."

a)

Apostrophe

b)

Irony

c)

Imagery

d)

Parallelism

3.

"I have done this a thousand times"

a)

Euphemism

b)

Personification

c)

Hyperbole

d)

Satire

4.

"Your eyes are the windows of your soul,"

a)

Simile

b)

Metaphor

c)

Pun

d)

Chiasmus

5.

The comedian is seriously funny!

a)

Oxymoron

b)

Paradox

c)

Irony

d)

Pun

6.

"He smokes like a chimney"

a)

Satire

b)

Euphemism

c)

Simile

d)

Personification

7.

By the pricking of my thumb,

Something wicked this way comes.

—Macbeth, William Shakespeare

a)

Flashback

b)

Flashforward

c)

Foreshadowing

d)

Satire

8.

"Talking to Terri took too much time today."

a)

Alliteration

b)

Onomatopoeia

c)

Pun

d)

Chiasmus

9.

"The down blanket lay crumpled, unused, on the empty side of our bed."

a)

Tone

b)

Metaphor

c)

Theme

d)

Symbolism

10.

"The car tasted the bitter asphalt."

a)

Metaphor

b)

Irony

c)

Pun

d)

Personification

11.

"The triple bacon cheeseburger glistened with health and good choices."

a)

Oxymoron

b)

Paradox

c)

Irony

d)

Satire

12.

“To be natural is such a very difficult pose to keep up.”

—The Importance of Being Earnest, Oscar Wilde

a)

Oxymoron

b)

Paradox

c)

Irony

d)

Pun

13.

"It’s a jazz affair, drum crashes and cornet razzes."

a)

Alliteration

b)

Anaphora

c)

Epiphora

d)

Onomatopoeia

14.

“The crown” representing the monarchy, “Washington” representing the U.S. government.

a)

Metonymy

b)

Synecdoche

c)

Satire

d)

Personification

15.

“Nice wheels you got there”

a)

Metonymy

b)

Synecdoche

c)

Pun

d)

Personification

16.

"Adam, did you recycle Jack's research?"

a)

Hyperbole

b)

Euphemism

c)

Symbolism

d)

Tone

17.

“My bounty is as boundless as the sea, My love as deep.” 

Romeo and Juliet, William Shakespeare

a)

Theme

b)

Synecdoche

c)

Imagery

d)

Metonymy

18.

"Twinkle, twinkle, little star, how I wonder what you are."

—Jane Taylor

a)

Apostrophe

b)

Personification

c)

Metaphor

d)

Hyperbole

19.

“…If Winter comes, can Spring be far behind?”

Ode to the West Wind, Percy Bysshe Shelley

a)

Parallelism

b)

Formal Language

c)

Colloquial Language

d)

Rhetorical Question

20.

"Let us never negotiate out of fear, but let us never fear to negotiate."

—John F. Kennedy.

a)

Chiasmus

b)

Pun

c)

Anaphora

d)

Epiphora