Figurative Language and Rhetorical Devices Exam

1.) An example of alliteration would be: A. Tracy dances like a snake moving through tall grass. B. Fear not the wind that smells of dead fish. C. Alie angrily ate apples and acorns after the archery contest. D. Im swimming through an ocean of donuts.

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2.) The definition of anaphora is: A. The repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive phrases, clauses or lines. B. The repetition of a word or phrase at the the end of a dependent clause. C. The repetition of sounds throughout a sentence. D. The repetition of the word repetition in a sentence. 3.) True or False: One use of anastrophe in JFKs Inaugural Address is Ask not what your country can do for youask what you can do for your country. 4.) True or false: Antithesis is the contrast of ideas or words in a parallel structure. 5.) Assonance is defined as: A. The repetition of vowel sound, BUT only as it rhymes. B. The inversion of a sentence so that is makes little sense when reading. C. The repetition of consonance in the end of a sentence. D. The repetition of vowel sounds in non-rhyming words. 6.) One use of consonance in JFKs Inaugural Address is: A. Luke, I am your father. So please pass the salt. B. whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall C. ...fear not the feign flags. They fly only for a season D. ask not what your country can do for youask what you can do for your country 7.) An example of metaphor is: A. My teacher is like an aardvark, and I dont mean she has a big nose. B. The Christmas presents stared at me from under the tree. C. Kelly is a real pig when she eats potatoes. D. Go ahead, Alie, make my day. Make me a cake! 8.) The definition of simile is: A. A comparison between to likeable things. B. A comparison between sounds at the end of a sentence. C. a vague comparison between two unlike things, that have nothing in common. D. an explicit comparison between two unlike things, yet they have something in common. 9.) A paradox is defined as: A. a sentence that lacks a verb and a noun. B. a statement that seems self-contradictory, yet turns out to have a rational meaning C. a statement that is rational, explicit, and memorable. D. a statement that contradicts itself