A. Oxymoron
B. Metaphor
C. Simile
D. Synecdoche
Related Mcqs:
- _____________the eyes of all people are upon us; soe that if wee shall deale falsely with our god in this worke wee have undertaken and soe cause him to withdrawe his preent help from us, wee shall be made a story and a by-word through the world, wee shall open the mouthes of enemies to speake evill of the ways of god and all professours for Gods sake; wee shall shame the faces of many of gods worthy servants, and cause theire prayers to be turned into Cursses upon us till we be consumed out of the good land whether wee are going ?
A. Fredrick Douglass
B. John Winthrop
C. Benjamin Franklin
D. William Apess - The cautious old gentleman knit his brows tenfold closer after this explanation, being sorely puzzled by the ratiocination of the syllogism; while methought the one in pepper and salt eyed him with something of a triumphant leer. At length he observed, that all this was very well, but still he thought the story a little extravagant – there were one or two points on which he had his doubts. “Faith, sir,” replied the story-teller, “as to that matter, I don’t believe one half of it myself.” This passage exemplifies_____________?
A. Narrative frame
B. Hortatory sermon
C. Snaring
D. Jamming - Which of the following is NOT a rhetorical purpose of “An Indian’ Looking Glass for the White Man” ?
A. Critic the way white people’s society treats people of color wrong.
B. Making peace
C. Working together
D. both B and C - Which of the following best describes litote, a favorite rhetorical device in Old English poetry ?
A. embellishment at the service of Christian doctrine
B. repetition of parallel syntactic structures
C. ironic understatement
D. stress on every third diphthong - Which of the following best describes litote, a favorite rhetorical device in Old English poetry ?
A. embellishment at the service of Christian doctrine
B. repetition of parallel syntactic structures
C. ironic understatement
D. stress on every third diphthong - In , a good example of Milton’s sharp rhetorical prose, Milton denounces restrictive censorship, arguing for freedom of the press ?
A. “Paradise Lost”
B. “Samson Agonistes”
C. “Areopagitica”
D. “Paradise Regained” - Which of these is NOT a rhetorical purpose of the Spiritual Diary Genre ?
A. finding spiritual meaning
B. Critic slavery
C. Defend Slavery
D. Both B and C - “I have no other but a woman’s reason I think him so, because I think him so” Which of Shakespeare’s play contain above lines ?
A. The two gentle men of Verona
B. Merry wives of Windsor
C. The noble Kinsman
D. Measure for measure - Please identify the story: “her eyes gave him no sign of love or farewell or recognition. ”
A. “The Boarding House”
B. “Clay”
C. “Eveline”
D. “A Little Cloud” - Tennyson’s poem ‘In Memoriam’was written in memory of ?
A. A.H. Hallam
B. Edward King
C. Wellington
D. P.B Shelley
