WorksheetsVocab 3.1 Devices
Total questions: 13
Worksheet time: 12mins
A reference in a work of literature to something outside the work, especially to a well-known historical or literary event, person, or work
allusion
illusion
anaphora
anophora
The deliberate repetition of the successive clause, phrase, or sentence for artistic effect
anaphora
anophora
asyndeton
asindeton
The deliberate omission of a word or phrase from prose done for effect by the author
ellipsis
ellipses
metonymy
metonym
The use of a word or phrase to stand in for something else which it is often associated
metonymy
metanym
ellipsis
ellipses
A list of items which omits conjunctions; often used to speed up the pace or to add a sense of urgency
asyndeton
asindeton
anaphora
polysyndeton
A list of items which are all separated by conjunctions; often used to slow down the pace or to add an authoritative tone
polysyndeton
polisyndeton
asyndeton
anaphora
Type the device:
Luster came away from the flower tree, and we went along the fence, and they stopped, and I looked...
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I came, I saw, I conquered.
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The suits on Wall Street walked off with most of our savings.
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He's a Lennie -- always dreaming big but always in trouble.
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Type the device:
Everything looked dark and bleak, everything looked gloomy, and everything was under a blanket of mist.
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The whole day, rain, torrents of rain.
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