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Worksheets9-CHRYSOLITE_Quiz 10: Literary and Rhetorical Devices
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
“Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to hate. Hate leads to suffering.”
Anadiplosis
Anaphora
Epiphora
Chiasmus
"I came, I saw, I conquered."
Apostrophe
Irony
Imagery
Parallelism
"I have done this a thousand times"
Euphemism
Personification
Hyperbole
Satire
"Your eyes are the windows of your soul,"
Simile
Metaphor
Pun
Chiasmus
The comedian is seriously funny!
Oxymoron
Paradox
Irony
Pun
"He smokes like a chimney"
Satire
Euphemism
Simile
Personification
By the pricking of my thumb,
Something wicked this way comes.
—Macbeth, William Shakespeare
Flashback
Flashforward
Foreshadowing
Satire
"Talking to Terri took too much time today."
Alliteration
Onomatopoeia
Pun
Chiasmus
"The down blanket lay crumpled, unused, on the empty side of our bed."
Tone
Metaphor
Theme
Symbolism
"The car tasted the bitter asphalt."
Metaphor
Irony
Pun
Personification
"The triple bacon cheeseburger glistened with health and good choices."
Oxymoron
Paradox
Irony
Satire
“To be natural is such a very difficult pose to keep up.”
—The Importance of Being Earnest, Oscar Wilde
Oxymoron
Paradox
Irony
Pun
"It’s a jazz affair, drum crashes and cornet razzes."
Alliteration
Anaphora
Epiphora
Onomatopoeia
“The crown” representing the monarchy, “Washington” representing the U.S. government.
Metonymy
Synecdoche
Satire
Personification
“Nice wheels you got there”
Metonymy
Synecdoche
Pun
Personification
"Adam, did you recycle Jack's research?"
Hyperbole
Euphemism
Symbolism
Tone
“My bounty is as boundless as the sea, My love as deep.”
—Romeo and Juliet, William Shakespeare
Theme
Synecdoche
Imagery
Metonymy
"Twinkle, twinkle, little star, how I wonder what you are."
—Jane Taylor
Apostrophe
Personification
Metaphor
Hyperbole
“…If Winter comes, can Spring be far behind?”
—Ode to the West Wind, Percy Bysshe Shelley
Parallelism
Formal Language
Colloquial Language
Rhetorical Question
"Let us never negotiate out of fear, but let us never fear to negotiate."
—John F. Kennedy.
Chiasmus
Pun
Anaphora
Epiphora
