Rhetorical Devices

Rhetorical Devices

9th - 12th Grade

10 Qs

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Rhetorical Devices

Rhetorical Devices

Assessment

Quiz

English

9th - 12th Grade

Practice Problem

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CCSS
L.4.5, RL.2.4, W.11-12.2D

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Which rhetorical device balances two or more ideas or arguments that are equally important?

Parallelism

Repetition

Simile

Understatement

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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

diction

repetition

listing

analogy

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Which rhetorical device uses repetition of the same sound at the beginning of several words in sequence?

logos

alliteration

anaphora

onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What rhetorical device is being used for this intro paragraph?


How does one reverse course after spending so many years chasing their dream? Many people can lose themselves in because they are so focused on one goal that they forget what is happening around them. Yes, everyone should have goals, but they must keep themselves and their goals in perspective.

extended metaphor

understatement

rhetorical question

imagery

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.6

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Media Image

Which rhetorical devices is used in this portion of Dr. King's "I Have a Dream Speech?"

Simile

Symbolism

Syntax

Pathos

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

The phrase, "I'm so hungry; I could eat a horse." uses which rhetorical device?

ethos

extended metaphor

hyperbole

listing

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

"The quiz was a breeze."

The above sentence is an example of which rhetorical device?

metaphor

simile

logos

imagery

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

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