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More on Authorial Choices - Literary Device

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the rhetorical device that involves leaving out conjunctions between words, phrases, and clauses?

a)

Parallelism

b)

Juxtaposition

c)

Asyndeton

d)

Anaphora

2.

Which rhetorical device is described as a figure of speech using strongly contrasting words, clauses, sentences, or ideas?

a)

Persona

b)

Epiphany

c)

Antithesis

d)

Anecdote

3.

What is the term for a short, witty statement?

a)

Inversion

b)

Parody

c)

Epigram

d)

Aphorism

4.

Which rhetorical device involves placing things, normally not under the same category, side by side for emphasis?

a)

Concession

b)

Inversion

c)

Juxtaposition

d)

Propaganda

5.

What is the term for a sudden understanding or realization?

a)

Rhetorical question

b)

Pedantic

c)

Inversion

d)

Epiphany

6.

Which rhetorical device is a question used to achieve an awareness in the audience with no reply expected?

a)

Epigram

b)

Rhetorical question

c)

Anachronism

d)

Satire

7.

What is the term for the deliberate use of a series of conjunctions?

a)

Persona

b)

Anaphora

c)

Rhetorical shift

d)

Polysyndeton

8.

Which rhetorical device involves changing from one tone, attitude, or distance to another?

a)

Digression

b)

Rhetorical shift

c)

Propaganda

d)

Colloquial

9.

What is the term for a violent verbal attack?

a)

Anecdote

b)

Inveigh

c)

Propaganda

d)

Parody

10.

Which rhetorical device involves the coordination of syntax with similar words or phrases for emphasis?

a)

Anthesis

b)

Epigram

c)

Parallelism

d)

Pedantic

11.

What is the term for a negative term for writing designed to sway opinion rather than present information?

a)

Satire

b)

Rhetorical question

c)

Propaganda

d)

Concession

12.

Which rhetorical device involves the speaker, voice, or character assumed by the author of a piece of writing?

a)

Satire

b)

Rhetorical question

c)

Polysyndeton

d)

Persona

13.

What is the term for a brief, witty statement?

a)

Aphorism

b)

Parody

c)

Epigram

d)

Inversion

14.

Which rhetorical device involves placing something out of time, where it does not belong?

a)

Anachronism

b)

Epiphany

c)

Inversion

d)

Juxtaposition

15.

What is the term for a mournful tone over what has passed or been lost?

a)

Propaganda

b)

Parody

c)

Inveigh

d)

Elegiac