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Latin IV, Orpheus & Eurydice, Stylistic Devices Practice

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Inde per immensum croceō velātus amictū aethera digreditur

a)

Hendiadys

b)

Hyberbaton

c)

Metonymy

d)

Synecdoche

2.

adfuit ille quidem, sed nec sollemnia verba 

nec laetōs vultōs nec fēlix attulit ōmen.

a)

Apostrophe

b)

Anaphora

c)

Anastrophe

d)

Asyndeton

3.

ad Styga Taenariā est ausus descendere portā

a)

Metonymy

b)

Hyperbole

c)

Euphemism

d)

Tmesis

4.

Persephonen adiit inamoenaque regna tenentem

a)

Enallage

b)

Ellipsis

c)

Alliteration

d)

Litotes

5.

stupuitque Ixiōnis orbis

a)

Synecdoche

b)

Synchysis

c)

Prosopopoeia

d)

Onomatopopoeia

6.

inque tuō sedistī, Sisyphe, saxō 

a)

Anastrophe

b)

Apostrophe

c)

Asyndeton

d)

Zeugma

7.

umbrās erat illa recentēs inter

a)

Anastrophe

b)

Apostrophe

c)

Enjambment

d)

Ellipsis

8.

hanc simul et lēgem Rhodopeius accipit hēro

a)

Chiasmus

b)

Metonymy

c)

Hyperbole

d)

Zeugma

9.

iamque iterum moriēns nōn est dē coniuge quicquam / questa

a)

Enjambment

b)

Epanalepsis

c)

Synchysis

d)

Chiasmus

10.

Nōn aliter stupuit geminā nece coniugis Orpheus, 

quam tria quī timidus, mediō portante catēnas,  colla canis vīdit,

a)

Ecphrasis

b)

Simile

c)

Synecdoche

d)

Tricolon Crescens

11.

multās tamen ardor habēbat

iungere sē vatī, multae doluēre repulsae.

a)

Anaphora

b)

Polyptoton

c)

Polysyndeton

d)

Hendiadys

12.

Omnis natūra (volucrēs, ferae, saxa, silvae, flumina) et nymphae vatem flēvērunt

a)

Chiasmus

b)

Hyperbole

c)

Pathetic Fallacy

d)

Synchysis