Literary Technique or Rhetorical Device

What is the definition of an apostrophe as a literary device?

• The projection of characteristics that normally belong only to humans onto inanimate objects, animals, deities, or forces of nature.

• A figure of speech in which a speaker directly addresses an absent person or personified quality, object, or idea.

• The repetition of the same word or words at the beginning of successive phrases, clauses, or sentences.

• A punctuation mark ( ’ ) used to indicate either possession (e.g., Harry's book ; boys' coats ) or the omission of letters or numbers (e.g., can't ; he's ; class of ’99 ).

Which of the following is an example of anaphora?

• "My grandmother is as old as the hills."

• “My fellow citizens: I stand here today humbled by the task before us, grateful for the trust you have bestowed, mindful of the sacrifices borne by our ancestors.”

• "Twinkle, twinkle, little star,

  How I wonder what you are."

• “Tell them to be good, tell them to follow their elders, and tell them to mind their manners.”

Which of the following is an example of personification?

• The world is a stage.

• Your eyes are like sunshine.

• The iron gates looked down at them cruelly.

• She sells sea shells by the sea shore.

Juxtaposition is

• a style of speaking or writing, determined by the choice of words by a speaker or a writer.

• the fact of two things being seen or placed close together with contrasting effect.

• a figure of speech in which a speaker directly addresses an absent person or personified quality, object, or idea.

• a technique in which a writer ascribes human traits, ambitions, emotions, or entire behaviors to animals, non-human beings, natural phenomena, or objects.

What is the following rhetorical device?: The placement of two things, ideas, images etc.. next to each other for the purpose of comparison and contrast.

• anaphora

• paradox

• juxtaposition

• zeugma

What is the following rhetorical device?: The repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses.

• anaphora

• antithesis

• asyndeton

• polysyndeton

What is the following rhetorical device?: A seemingly contradictory or absurd statement that nonetheless may hold an important truth.

• asyndeton

• justaposition

• paradox

• polysyndeton

What is the following rhetorical device:? The repetition of similar grammatical constructions.

• anaphora

• antithesis

• oxymoron

• parallelism

What is the following rhetorical device?: Technique of balance in which two contrasting ideas are intentionally juxtaposed, usually through parallel structure.

• antithesis

• oxymoron

• parallelism

• polysyndeton

What is the following rhetorical device?: A figure of speech that replaces the name of a thing with the name of something else with which it is closely associated.

• anaphora

• litotes

• metonymy

• paradox