Rhetorical Strategies

The repetition of initial phrases at the beginning of a sentence is which of the following rhetorical devices?

• A. Metaphor 
• B. Satire 
• C. Anaphora 
• D. Irony 

What is connotation? 

• a more agreeable or less offensive substitute for a generally unpleasant word or concept 
• the literal meaning of a word
• a figure of speech in which one word or phrase is substituted for another with which it is closely associated
• all the meanings, associations, or emotions that a word suggests

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several parts of a sentence or several sentences expressed in similar grammatical form   to show that the ideas are equal in importance 

• repetition
• parallelism
• allusion
• hyperbole

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Speaking of a nonhuman thing as if it has human feelings or actions (Ex. The wind moaned.)

• hyperbole
• idiom
• personification
• simile

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Which of the below is an example of a simile?

• My dad is a teddy bear.
• Her heart smiled.
• The weight was as light as a feather.
• She was a crazy person.

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What are the following words an example of?
"We shall not flag or fail. We shall go on to the end. We shall fight in France, we shall fight on the seas and oceans, we shall fight with growing confidence..."
Winston Churchill

• personification
• similie
• anaphora
• epistrophe

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Which rhetorical device uses the same grammatical structure to create rhythm in the writing?

• parallelism
• repetition
• restatement
• analogy

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Which rhetorical device uses the same word or phrase over again multiple times to highlight or emphasize an idea?

• parallelism
• repetition
• restatement
• analogy

Which rhetorical device uses a comparison to something very different to help someone understand a larger idea?

• parallelism
• repetition
• restatement
• analogy

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Which of these would most likely be used as a rhetorical question?

• What do we have to fear?
• When should I arrive?
• How has this happened?
• Can we not face our fears?

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