Rhetorical Devices

Question 1

He clasps the crag with crooked hands

Answer 1

Alliteration

Question 2

“Don’t act like a Romeo in front of her”

Answer 2

Allusion

Question 3

Just as the Roman’s did not build Rome in a day, so we need a long time to learn a about the methods of essay development.

Answer 3

Analogy

Question 4

What’s the difference between alliteration and assonance?

Answer 4

Alliteration=consonants ie; T,B,C

Assonance=vowels ie; A,O,U

Question 5

What’s the difference between allusion and analogy?

Answer 5

Allusion=reference

Analogy=similar situation

Question 6

Every day, every night, in every way, I am getting better and better

Answer 6

Anaphora

Question 7

The loon swooned as the moon loomed high over the lagoon

Answer 7

Assonance

Question 8

What’s diction?

Answer 8

The choice and use of words unique to the authors style ie; imagery, poetic devices, loaded words, the denotations and connotations of words (literal meaning vs idea or feeling it invokes)

Question 9

Downsizing instead of firing or laying people off

Answer 9

Euphemism

Sub in less offensive or more delicate word or phrase

Question 10

I feel like a thousand pounds

Answer 10

Hyperbole

Question 11

What’s the difference between a hyperbole and a euphemism?

Answer 11

Hyperbole= exaggeration, not true

Euphemism=same meaning worded differently

Question 12

What is a flashback?

Answer 12

Writer describes and earlier time in the story, explains something that will help the reader understand the plot and characters better

Question 13

What is foreshadowing?

Answer 13

A clue or hint about what will happen later in the story

Question 14

She got cold feet

It was raining cats and dogs

Answer 14

Idiom

Common phrase or expression that means something different from what the words actually say

Question 15

What is the difference between a flashback and imagery

Answer 15

A flashback is from earlier in the story and helps inform reader on characters, imagery creates pictures in the readers mind and is used to appeals to the readers senses

Question 16

What is the opposite of a rhetorical question?

Answer 16

Hypophora

Question 17

Three types of irony:

Answer 17

Dramatic-readers knows something character doesn’t
Verbal-play on words (says one thing but means something else)
Situational-outcome is unexpected

Question 18

What is the difference between juxtaposition and a metaphor?

Answer 18

Juxtaposition puts two things together for contrast

Metaphor compares two unlike things

Question 19

Buzz

Answer 19

Onomatopoeia

Question 20

Her cruel kindness

Answer 20

Oxymoron

Question 21

What is the difference between an oxymoron and a paradox?

Answer 21

Oxymoron joins two contradictory words

Paradox is a contradictory yet truthful statement

Question 22

I am reading about dogs, cats, and birds.

Answer 22

Parallel structure

Repetition of a grammatical structure

Question 23

The wind whistled

Answer 23

Personification

Animal object or thing described as if it were a person

Question 24

What is the difference between verbal irony and a pun?

Answer 24

Verbal irony can be saying one thing but meaning something else , pun is a play on words

Question 25

What is the purpose of repetition?

Answer 25

To add rhythm or emphasize an idea

Question 26

It’s eleven o’clock. Do you know where you’re children are?

Answer 26

Rhetorical question: The answer is implied (they should be in bed)

Question 27

What is the difference between rhyme and rhythm?

Answer 27

Words sound alike vs creating a beat or a sound in a poem

Question 28

What is the difference between a metaphor and a simile

Answer 28

Simile compares two unlike things using like or as

Question 29

A white flag is an example of

Answer 29

A symbol, something that represents something else