"Her angry words were bullets to him."
Which rhetorical device does this quote BEST describe?
A metaphor.
100
A figure of speech using implied comparison of seemingly unlike things
A: Metaphor
B: Simile
C: Contrast
A: Metaphor
200
Do metaphors require direct comparison words (such as "like" or "as") ?
No, that is a simile.
200
Setting, tone, and events can affect the ____.
A: Mood
B: Tone
C: Story
A: Mood
300
When an inanimate object suddenly makes a buzz, hiss, hum, crack, whinny, or a murmur in the text, which rhetorical device is this using?
Onomatopoeia
300
The telling of a story or an account of an event or series of events.
A: Anecdote
B: Narrative
C: Bibliography
B: Narrative
400
"The pen is mightier than the sword," (Edward Bulwer Lytton's play Richelieu).
This sentence has two examples of what?
Metonymy
400
A figure of speech in which natural sounds are imitated in the sounds of words.
A: Simile
B: Onatomatopeea
C: Onomatopoeia
D: Imitation
C: Onomatopoeia
500
A news release that claims "the White House declared" rather than "the President declared" is using _____. The substituted term generally carries a more potent emotional impact.
HINT: ___ is a figure of speech in which the name of one object is substituted for that of another closely associated
Metonymy
500
repetition of a word or phrase for emphasis; pleonasm
A: Alliteration
B: Analepsis
C: Anadiplosis