Rhetorical Devices Review - RTI

The following is an example of what kind of rhetorical device?

Money is the root of all evils, poverty is the fruit of all goodness.

• Hyperbole

• Oxymoron

• Assonance

• Antithesis

The following is an example of what type of rhetorical device?

I was so embarrassed, I almost died right there in front of everyone.

• Irony

• Antithesis

• Hyperbole

• Allusion

A reference to a fairly well-known event, place, or person

• Allusion

• Euphemism

• Metaphor

• Parallelism

The use of a series of words, phrases, or sentences that have similar grammatical form

• Parallelism

• Repetition

• Analogy

• Personification

Identify the rhetorical device used in the following sentence:

'The wind whispered through the trees.'

• Metaphor

• Oxymoron

• Personification

• Alliteration

What rhetorical device is exemplified by the repetition of the beginning sound in a series of words?

• Assonance

• Alliteration

• Onomatopoeia

• Irony

Which rhetorical device is used when an object or animal is given human characteristics?

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personification

• Hyperbole

What is the term for a deliberate exaggeration for emphasis or effect?

• Irony

• Hyperbole

• Oxymoron

• Alliteration

Identify the rhetorical device used in the following sentence:

'Life is a journey, travel it well.'

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personification

• Analogy

Identify the rhetorical device used in the following sentence:

Where I work, I'm always in organized chaos.

• Metaphor

• Antithesis

• Irony

• Oxymoron