the use of successive verbal constructions in poetry or prose that correspond in grammatical structure, sound, meter, meaning, etc.
Rhetorical Devices 1

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9th - 12th Grade
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Brandon DeLoach
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
juxtaposition
anaphora
euphemism
parallelism
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
two opposing things (ideas, images, colors, etc.) placed close together with contrasting effect
metaphor
synecdoche
simile
juxtaposition
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
an expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly; an indirect or passing reference
euphemism
allusion
hyperbole
paradox
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
comparing one idea, object or image directly to another dissimilar one without using like or as
simile
hyperbole
metaphor
irony
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
a figure of speech in which part is made to represent the whole or a whole is made to represent the sum of its parts
synecdoche
hyperbole
metaphor
simile
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
an exaggeration used for emphasis
lie
metaphor
hyperbole
symbolism
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
a mild or indirect word or expression substituted for one considered to be too harsh or blunt when referring to something unpleasant or embarrassing
euphemism
hyperbole
synecdoche
allusion
8.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
the repetition of a word at the beginning of successive clauses or sentences
synecdoche
allusion
anaphora
irony
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