Rhetorical Devices Review E2

Which rhetorical device is used in the sentence 'He is as brave as a lion'?

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Rhetorical Question

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

What is the purpose of using an allusion in a text?

• To minimize the significance of something

• To add balance and rhythm

• To emphasize something

• To simplify complex ideas

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CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

Which two rhetorical devices are used in the following sentence from Steve Jobs' Macworld 2007 Keynote Address: 'We’ve got the iPod, best music player in the world. We’ve got the iPod Nanos, brand new models, colors are back. We’ve got the amazing new iPod Shuffle.'?

• Allusion

• Anaphora

• Parallelism

• Hyperbole

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CCSS.L.9-10.1A

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.L.9-10.5A

CCSS.RI.9-10.6

CCSS.SL.9-10.3

What is the effect of using repetition in a speech?

• To compare two unlike things

• To build to a climax or add emphasis

• To simplify complex ideas

• To assign human qualities to something

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.6

CCSS.SL.9-10.3

Which two rhetorical devices are used in the following sentence from Richard M. Nixon's Inaugural Address: 'We find ourselves rich in goods but ragged in spirit, reaching with magnificent precision for the moon but falling into raucous discord on earth. We are caught in war, wanting peace. We're torn by division, wanting unity.'?

• Juxtaposition

• Parallelism

• Hyperbole

• Understatement

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

What is the purpose of using euphemism in a text?

• To use a mild or pleasant word instead of an unpleasant or offensive one

• To emphasize something

• To simplify complex ideas

• To add balance and rhythm

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.L.9-10.5A

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Which rhetorical device is used in the following sentence from Jesse Jackson's 1984 DNC Address: 'If, in my high moments, I have done some good, offered some service, shed some light, healed some wounds, rekindled some hope, or stirred someone from apathy and indifference, or in any way along the way helped somebody, then this campaign has not been in vain.'?

• Parallelism

• Epistrophe

• Understatement

• Oxymoron

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CCSS.L.9-10.1A

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.L.9-10.5A

What is the effect of using parallelism in a speech?

• To simplify complex ideas

• To build to a climax or add emphasis

• To compare two unlike things

• To assign human qualities to something

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CCSS.L.9-10.1A

Which rhetorical device is used in the following sentence from Neil Armstrong's Apollo 11 Moon Landing Speech: 'That's one small step for man; one giant leap for mankind.'?

• Hyperbole

• Juxtaposition

• Parallelism

• Understatement

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.1A

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

What is the purpose of using understatement in a text?

• To add balance and rhythm

• To emphasize something

• To simplify complex ideas

• To minimize the significance of something

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.4