Types of Figures and Tropes

A vibrant illustration of literary figures and tropes in action, featuring visual representations of antithesis, metaphor, and other rhetorical devices, creatively arranged in a classroom setting.

Explore Figures and Tropes Quiz

Challenge your understanding of figures of speech and rhetorical tropes with this engaging quiz! Test your knowledge on various examples, including antithesis, repetition, and metaphor.

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An example of antithesis is:

An eye for an eye

He need some milk

To err is human; to forgive divine.

An example of Repetition is:

Two eyes, two ears, two feet

A government of the people, by the people and for the people.

He said me haffi work, work, work,

An example of Progression (Klimax ) is :

There are three things that will endure: faith, hope, and love. But the greatest of these is love.

You reap what you sow

The lake is as clear as the sky

An example Asyndeton is:

She came out of the woodwork

Please Play Pleasantly

I came, I saw, I conquered.

An example of a rhetorical question is:

Why?

is water wet?

Did you even look at the powerpoint?

An example of a tricolon is:

You are talking to a man who has laughed in the face of death, sneered at doom, and chuckled at catastrophe.

Betty Botter bought some butter But she said the butter’s bitter....

::: Please send me the letter STAT

An example of a metaphor is:

Winner, winner chicken dinner

Patience is a virtue

Road work ahead? Uh yea, I sure hope it does.

An example of a catachresis is:

Aint no mountain high enough

Four scores and seven years ago

We are at the foothill of the mountain

Types of Figures and Tropes

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