Rhetorical and Literary Devices Quiz 1

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What is the rhetorical device that involves the repetition of the same letter at the beginning of words or syllables?

  • Anaphora
  • Aposiopesis
  • Alliteration (correct)
  • Asyndeton

Which rhetorical device involves addressing a person who is not present?

  • Hendiadys
  • Chiasmus
  • Hyperbole
  • Apostrophe (correct)

What is the term for the omission of conjunctions in a sentence?

  • Asyndeton (correct)
  • Hysteron proteron
  • Ellipsis
  • Litotes

Which rhetorical device involves the inversion of the usual word order?

<p>Anastrophe (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for the use of two nouns together to express a noun modified by an adjective?

<p>Hendiadys (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which rhetorical device involves the use of a negative to express a strong positive?

<p>Litotes (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which rhetorical device involves the use of words that sound like their meaning?

<p>Onomatopoeia (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for the use of an apparent contradiction?

<p>Oxymoron (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What rhetorical device involves the substitution of one word for another that it suggests?

<p>Metonymy (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which device involves the use of superfluous words?

<p>Pleonasm (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for the use of part to express a whole?

<p>Synecdoche (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which device involves the separation of a compound word into two parts?

<p>Tmesis (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for the use of many conjunctions?

<p>Polysyndeton (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which rhetorical device involves the use of a comparison using a word like sicut, similis, or velut?

<p>Simile (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

'Aeneas carried grief and his father from Troy' exemplifies which rhetorical device?

<p>Zeugma (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

'The rocks themselves grieve' exemplifies which rhetorical device?

<p>Personification (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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