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RHETORICAL DEVICE QUIZ 2 : allegory, alliteration, allusion, ambiguity, analogy, antecedent, antithesis, aphorism, apostrophe
1.
“A lie told often enough becomes the truth.” – Vladimir Lenin a.
Alliteration b.
Antithesis c.
d.
Aphorism
Apostrophe
2.
“In a sense we have come to our nation’s capital to cash a check. When the architects of our republic wrote. . . the Constitution. . . they were signing a promissory note. . . This note was a promise that all men would be guaranteed the unalienable rights of life. . .”— Martin Luther King, Jr. “I have a Dream” speech a.
Allusion b.
Allegory c.
d.
Ambiguity
Aphorism
3.
“O stranger of the future! / O inconceivable being!” – Billy Collins, “To a Stranger Born in Some Distant Country
Hundreds of Years from Now” (lines 1-2) a.
Analogy b.
Allusion c.
Antithesis d.
Apostrophe
4.
“Four score and seven years ago, our fathers brought forth . . . dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.” – Lincoln, Gettysburg Address (if you don’t get this. . . grrr) a.
Antithesis c.
Alliteration b.
Aphorism b.
Allusion d.
Allusion
5.
“I’m glad I’m a man, and so is Lola.” – The Kinks (Ray Davies): “Lola” (one of the best songs ever) a.
Ambiguity c.
Alliteration d.
Antithesis
6.
“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity. . . “ –Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities a.
Alliteration b.
Antithesis c.
d.
Aphorism
Allusion
7.
“When I see birches bend from left and right . . . / I think some boy’s been swinging them. “ --Robert Frost;
“Birches” (lines 1, 3) a.
Alliteration b.
Aphorism c.
d.
Ambiguity
Apostrophe
8.
Sometimes the AP exam will ask for the “antecedent” of a pronoun in a long passage or group of sentences. For example, answer this question:
"Most people are unable to write because they are unable to think, and they are unable to think because they congenitally lack the equipment to do so, just as they congenitally lack the equipment to fly over the moon.“ (H. L. Mencken). The antecedent of “they” is (fill in blank) ____________________
9.
In your own words, what is an allegory? _________________________________________________________
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