WorksheetsYear 11 Literary Devices
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 5mins
"I came, I saw, I conquered" is an example of:
Asyndeton
Polysyndeton
Syndeton
Chiasmus
Which of the following is an example of assonance?
Slow down when you approach the pedestrian crossing
Just no
Go slow over the road
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness..."
The repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses is known as
Assonance
Anaphora
Alliteration
Antithesis
Which of the following is an example of metonymy?
All hands on deck
The brains helped me with my homework
The rain in Spain falls mainly on the plain
The crown's announcement sparked a public debate."
“You are talking to a man who has laughed in the face of death, sneered at doom, and chuckled at catastrophe” is an example of:
Antimetabole
Hypophora
Tricolon
Polygon
a rhetorical device in which a speaker poses a question and then immediately answers it is called
(a)
What technique is used prominently in this excerpt: "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair"
Anaphora
Assonance
Aniseed
Anecdote
a figure of speech in which a phrase is repeated, but with the order of words reversed is known as:
(a)
"Who dotes, yet doubts, suspects, yet strongly loves" is an example of:
Antimetabole
Chiasmus
Chimera
Antithesis
Chiasmus or Antimetabole?
"I mean what I say and I say what I mean"
Chiasmus
Antimetabole
"Avaunt, thou dreadful minister of hell!" is an example of:
Antimetabole
Anaphora
Assonance
Antithesis
The repetition of conjunctions in close succession for rhetorical effect is known as:
Polysyndeton
Asyndeton
Antithesis
Antiphora
