Rhetorical Devices
Authored by Stephanie T Lynum
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9th - 12th Grade
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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.RL.2.4
CCSS.RL.7.4
CCSS.L.6.5
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
Which rhetorical devices is used in this portion of Dr. King's "I Have a Dream Speech?"
Simile
Symbolism
Syntax
Pathos
Tags
CCSS.RI.9-10.4
CCSS.RI.9-10.4
CCSS.RI.11-12.4
CCSS.RI.7.4
CCSS.RI.8.4
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.W.11-12.2D
CCSS.L.4.5A
CCSS.L.5.5A
CCSS.RL.5.4
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