Rhetorical Devices Quiz

This picture is a visual example of which rhetorical device?

• Metaphor

• Oxymoron

• Juxtaposition

• Simile

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5A

Why wasn't I good enough?

• Repetition

• Rhetorical question

• Parallel structure

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

I wonder if they know the truth?

• Rhetorical question

• Parallel structure

• Repetition

I never thought we could win. I never wanted to win. I never knew how it felt to win. I never felt the need to win. I never could have won. Until now.

• Rhetorical question

• Parallel structure

• Simile

• Repetition

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

"He refuses to donate any money to the charity. He is a scrooge."

The sentence above is an example of which rhetorical device.

• pathos

• syntax

• alliteration

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

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

The following statement includes which rhetorical device(s)?

Nice wheels! What wouldn't I give to drive a car like that?

• Repetition

• Parallelism

• Rhetorical Question

• Synecdoche

• Allusion

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

...those who foolishly sought power by riding the back of the tiger ended up inside.

• Analogy

• Juxtaposition

• Repetition

• Direct Address

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5B

CCSS.L.8.5B

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

A comparison between two things using like or as.

• Metaphor

• Noun

• Verb

• Simile

Tags

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

The repeated use of a word or phrase for an intentional effect.

• Rotating

• Restating

• Repetition

• Randomizing

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4