Stylistic Devices Quiz

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What is alliteration?

A

final rhyme

B

two words have the same vowel sound

C

similarity in length and sound

D

starting letters the same sound

A simile:

A

Makes a comparison by saying one thing is another.

B

Is an obvious exaggeration made for effect.

C

Makes a comparison between two unlike things using the words "like" or "as" .

D

Is a speech by an actor spoken as if thinking aloud.

Example simile:

My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun.

A metaphor:

A

Makes a comparison by saying one thing is another.

B

Is an obvious exaggeration made for effect.

C

Makes a comparison between two unlike things using the words "like", "as" or "than".

D

Is a speech by an actor spoken as if thinking aloud.

Where now the many white men hurry about like ants. This is an example of:

A

Assonance

B

Alliteration

C

Simile Simile

D

Metaphor

Well, son, I'll tell you: Life for me ain't been no crystal stair. It's had tacks in it, And splinters, And boards torn up, And places with no carpet on the floor— Bare.

A

hyberbole

B

metaphor

C

irony

D

pun

I had so much homework last night that I needed a pickup truck to carry all my books home.

A

allusion

B

onomatopoeia

C

pun

D

hyperbole

The chug-a, chug-a, chug-a of the train echoed down the hill.

A

simile

B

personification

C

onomatopoeia

D

understatement

Pitching pennies with the Pittsburgh Pirates in a pitter-patter of rain outside the Pitti Palace.

A

simile

B

assonance

C

consonance

D

alliteration

The earth laughs beneath my heavy feet At the blasphemy in my old jangly walk

A

rhyme

B

simile

C

onomatopoeia

D

personification

My wishes raced through the house high hay And nothing I cared, at my sky blue trades, . . .

A

simile

B

irony

C

allusion

D

assonance

I dig my toes into the sand. The ocean looks like A thousand diamonds strewn Across a blue blanket.

A

alliteration

B

simile

C

assonance

D

onomatopoeia

Why do we wait until a pig is dead to cure it?

A

pun

B

personification

C

consonance

D

simile

Which stylistic devices have you heard so far?

stylistic devices 

& sound techniques 

stylistic devices 

sound techniques

metaphor

alliteration

oxymoron

assonance 

consonance 

personification

imagery 

Metaphor

a word or phrase that refers to something else

• The pillow was a cloud

• Wings chased us through the night

Simile

a metaphor that uses the words like or as to describe someone or something by comparing it with someone or something else

• I wandered lonely as a cloud

• You look like hell

personification

ascribing human traits to objects

• the waves danced

• Trees stretched their arms

Oxymoron

• combining words with opposite meanings (creates dramatic effect and makes readers wonder how the two could be combined)

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• old news

• loving hate

Imagery

author provokes sensory details through the use of descriptive language

• The sunset was the most gorgeous they’d ever seen; the clouds were edged with pink and gold.

• The familiar tang of his grandmother’s cranberry sauce reminded him of his youth.

Note that these are sound techniques and therefore may not be reflected in spelling, i.e. “do you like blue” is also considered assonance.

consonance

a series of words (or close together) that have the same consonant sound

• Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.

• “The phantom flashed past, aflame, then, “poof!” faded out of sight.” 

consonance

a series of words (or close together) that have the same consonant sound

• Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.

• “The phantom flashed past, aflame, then, “poof!” faded out of sight.” 

why not the "f" in "of"?

assonance

a series of words (or close together) that have the same vowel sound

• I made my way to the lake

• “His tender heir might bear his memory” 

alliteration

• :(specific form of consonance) a series of words (or close together) that have the same first consonant sound

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• While I nodded, nearly napping

• fair is foul and foul is fair, 

•            hover throught the fog and filthy air.

onomatopoeia

words that sound like their meaning

• Jingling bells

• Bees are buzzing