Stylistic Devices Quiz

Streaked by a quarter moon, the Mediterranean shushed gently into the beach. The SD used in the sentence is:

• graphon

• onomatopoeia

• alliteration

• capitalization

• hyphenation

Cuckoo-cuckoo, mew, ping-pong are examples of:

• zeugma

• inversion

• pun

• onomatopoeia

• simile

She ran as fast as a cheetah. The device is…

• metaphor

• zeugma

• asyndeton

• litotes

• simile

Her smile was a mile wide. The device is…

• zeugma

• hyperbole

• asyndeton

• litotes

• metaphor

My trip to Bali was a working holiday. The device is…

• zeugma

• oxymoron

• asyndeton

• alliteration

• metaphor

A formula to which June was not unaccustomed. The device is:

• litotes

• metonymy

• repetition

• chain repetition

• metaphor

What type of repetition is it if the beginning of some successive sentences (clauses) is repeated?

• anaphora

• epiphora

• polysyndeton

• catch

• framing

What type of repetition is it if the end of successive sentences (clauses) is repeated?

• polysyndeton

• anaphora

• epiphora

• catch

• framing

"HELP. HELP" The device is…

• alliteration

• multiplication

• capitalization

• pun

• onomatopoeia

The crown announced the new policy. The SD used in the sentence is:

• graphon

• metonymy

• onomatopoeia

• capitalization

• hyphenation