E11 Stylistic devices (1)

The repetition of an initial consonant sound is called:

• imagery

• alliteration

• assonance

• symbol

“A moist young moon hung above the mist of a neighboring meadow” is an example of which literary device?

• Alliteration

• Symbol

• assonance

• Metaphor

Which literary device includes the use of words to express something different or opposite from their literal meaning, totally beyond our expectations?

• hyperbole

• irony

• simile

• symbol

“Water water every, but not a drop to drink”, is an example of which figurative language?

• symbol

• simile

• irony

• metaphor

“The moon was resting in the midnight sky”, is the best example of which figure of speech?

• metaphor

• simile

• irony

• personification

An example of metaphor includes:

• My son is like a moon.

• My son is as beautiful as moon

• My son is a moon.

• My son is as handsome as the moon.

I’m so hungry I could eat a horse!, is the best example of which literary device? 

• hyperbole

• alliteration

• imagery

• parallelism

Her soft skin was like silk under his fingers.

• Hyperbole

• Personification

• Simile

• Metaphor

It takes my friend an eternity to get dressed.

• Hyperbole

• Personification

• Simile

• Metaphor

The omission of conjunctions in a series of words or phrases.

• asyndeton

• polysyndeton

• synchesis

• synecdoche