Complete the pun: Broken pencils are...
Rhetorical Devices

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English
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8th Grade
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Easy
Krista Taylor
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Wood
Pointless
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
15 mins • 1 pt
Dunkin Doughnuts, Coca-Cola and Bed Bath and Beyond are examples of which rhetorical device?
Personification
Idiom
Allusion
Alliteration
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Allusion is...
a question without an answer
a short, entertain account
a magic trick
a reference to a person, text, event, or well-known piece of pop culture
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
15 mins • 1 pt
A rhetorical question requires an answer.
No
Yes
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
15 mins • 1 pt
A hyperbole is an exaggeration that is obvious and not supposed to be taken literally.
True
False
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
15 mins • 1 pt
This rhetorical device is used when non-human like objects or ideas are given human qualities.
Hyperbole
Metaphor
Personification
Simile
7.
MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Repetition is...
asking a question of an audience
comparing two different items
using facts or statistics
repeating words or phrases for emphasis
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