Pre-Test #2: Rhetorical Devices for Readers and Writers

What is the definition of Alliteration?

• Repetition of initial consonant sounds in a series of words.

• An indirect reference to a person, place, event, or literary work.

• Repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses.

• Juxtaposing contrasting ideas in balanced phrases or clauses.

Which rhetorical device is defined as an indirect reference to a person, place, event, or literary work?

• Alliteration

• Allusion

• Anaphora

• Assonance

What is an example of Anaphora?

• Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.

• He was a real Romeo with the ladies.

• I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up... I have a dream today...

• It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.

Which rhetorical device involves juxtaposing contrasting ideas in balanced phrases or clauses?

• Alliteration

• Allusion

• Antithesis

• Assonance

What is the definition of Apostrophe in rhetorical devices?

• Addressing an absent or imaginary person or a personified abstraction.

• Repetition of vowel sounds within nearby words.

• Reversing the structure of a phrase or sentence for effect.

• Informal language or slang used in everyday conversation.

Which example best illustrates Assonance?

• Hear the mellow wedding bells.

• O Death, where is thy sting?

• Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country.

• Gonna instead of going to.

What is Chiasmus?

• Repetition of initial consonant sounds in a series of words.

• An indirect reference to a person, place, event, or literary work.

• Reversing the structure of a phrase or sentence for effect.

• Juxtaposing contrasting ideas in balanced phrases or clauses.

Which rhetorical device is defined as informal language or slang used in everyday conversation?

• Alliteration

• Colloquialism

• Connotation

• Diction

What does Connotation refer to?

• The choice of words and their use in writing.

• The implied or associative meaning of a word beyond its literal definition.

• Repetition of vowel sounds within nearby words.

• Juxtaposing contrasting ideas in balanced phrases or clauses.

Which example best illustrates Diction?

• The lawyer’s eloquent speech impressed the jury.

• Hear the mellow wedding bells.

• Gonna instead of going to.

• O Death, where is thy sting?