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Literary and Rhetorical Terms

Total questions: 19

Worksheet time: 1hrs 22mins

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Class
Date
1.

Say whether the following are assonance, alliteration or onomatopoeia


Ruth ran rapidly to the river.

a)

assonance

b)

alliteration

c)

onomatopoeia

2.

wally willow whittled and whistled

a)

alliteration

b)

assonance

c)

onomatopoeia

3.

How is the allusion Adman and Eve commonly used?

a)

committing a sin

b)

being lazy

c)

being in love

d)

all of the above

4.

Which of the following is not an example of an allusion?

a)

his wife was his Achille's heel

b)

he lies so much, I'm surprised his nose doesn't grow like Pinnochio's

c)

she transformed her backyard to look like the Garden of Eden.

d)

we'll miss him so much because he was the best dog ever.

5.

What type of allusion is this?

a)

Mythological

b)

Biblical

c)

Literary

d)

Historical

6.

From Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet which of these lines contains an allusion?

a)

And therefore have I little talked of love

b)

Immoderately she weeps for Tybalt's death

c)

For Venus smiles not in a house of tears

d)

All of the above

7.

Complete the analogy.

Page is to book as tree is to ____.

a)

chips

b)

car

c)

forest

d)

barl

8.

Complete the word analogy statement:

prologue : beginning :: epilogue : ______

a)

middle

b)

start

c)

end

d)

first

9.

Complete the word analogy statement:

telephone : communication :: locker : ______

a)

lock

b)

storage

c)

decoration

d)

barrier

10.

Complete the word analogy statement:

fame : obscurity :: sorrow : ______

a)

sadness

b)

grief

c)

joy

d)

peace

11.
an author's unusual word choice such as archaic language or especially evocative choices that contain powerful connotations.
a)
polysyndeton
b)
antthesis
c)
parallelism
d)
diction
12.
the placing of opposing or contrasting ideas and/or words within the same sentence or very close together to emphasize their disparity. 
a)
antithesis
b)
asyndeton
c)
diction
d)
polysyndeton
13.
"It was the best of times; it was the worst of times" 
a)
asyndeton
b)
polysysndeton
c)
antithesis
d)
diction
14.

From somewhere far beyond, the flag of fate's caprice unfurled...

a)

Alliteration

b)

Consonance

c)

Assonance

d)

None of the Above

15.

A dove moved silently above the waves.

a)

Assonance

b)

Consonance

c)

Alliteration

d)

None of the Above

16.

Big bumbling bumblebees rode light, lilting breezes

a)

Alliteration

b)

Assonance

c)

Consonance

d)

None of the Above

17.

It bent in a slant against the weight.

a)

Alliteration

b)

Assonance

c)

Consonance

d)

None of the Above

18.

Toss the glass, boss

a)

Alliteration

b)

Assonance

c)

Consonance

d)

None of the Above

19.
Diction is the literary term that means
a)
The connections we have with words
b)
An author's choice of words
c)
The definition of words
d)
The common way of speaking with friends