Rhetorical Devices

Rhetorical Devices

10th - 12th Grade

13 Qs

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Rhetorical Devices

Rhetorical Devices

Assessment

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English

10th - 12th Grade

Hard

CCSS
RL.2.4, L.7.5A, L.11-12.6

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13 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Media Image

What kind of Allusion is this?

Literary
Mythological
Biblical 
Historical

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the best definition of rhetoric?

the ability to use Greek terms in persuasion
the art of getting your message across and creating a persuasive argument
the ability to write a good descriptive essay
the art of body movement

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

A __________________ is any stylistic device or resource of language that an author or speaker uses to help persuade or make a desired impact on his/her audience.

Simile
Rhetorical Device
Rhetorical Appeal
Allusion

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

"You are easy on the eyes, but hard on the heart" is an example of:

Metaphor

Propaganda

Antithesis

Allusion

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1G

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

"Are you working hard or hardly working?" is an example of:

Chiasmus

Antithesis

Extended Metaphor

Epistrophe

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

"What made me take this trip to Africa? There is no quick explanation. Things got worse and worse and worse an pretty soon they were too complicated."

Chiasmus

Hypophora

Parallelism

Epistrophe

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

“Hope is the thing with feathers

That perches in the soul,

And sings the tune – without the words,

And never stops at all," - Emily Dickinson

Anaphora

Simile

Allusion

Extended Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

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