Rhetorical Devices
Authored by Gloria Zermeno
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11th Grade
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which literary device is characterized by the repetition of the same consonant sounds at the beginning of several words in close succession?
Hyperbole
Alliteration
Onomatopoeia
Simile
Tags
CCSS.L.4.5
CCSS.L.5.5
CCSS.L.6.5
CCSS.RL.2.4
CCSS.RL.7.4
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is the term for a figure of speech that combines two contradictory terms?
Metaphor
Irony
Oxymoron
Euphemism
Tags
CCSS.L.9-10.5A
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which literary device involves the use of exaggeration for emphasis or effect?
Analogy
Hyperbole
Meiosis
Understatement
Tags
CCSS.L.11-12.5A
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is the name of the literary device that uses 'like' or 'as' to make a comparison between two different things?
Metaphor
Simile
Anecdote
Paradox
Tags
CCSS.L.11-12.6
CCSS.L.8.6
CCSS.L.9-10.6
CCSS.W.11-12.2D
CCSS.W.9-10.2D
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which literary device is an indirect reference to a person, place, thing, or idea of historical, cultural, literary, or political significance?
Allusion
Pun
Satire
Irony
Tags
CCSS.L.7.5A
CCSS.RI.8.4
CCSS.RL.8.4
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What literary device is used to give human characteristics to non-human objects or abstract ideas?
Simile
Metaphor
Personification
Hyperbole
Tags
CCSS.L.6.5A
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which literary device involves a play on words, often achieved through the use of words with similar sounds but different meanings?
Metonymy
Pun
Oxymoron
Alliteration
Tags
CCSS.L.8.5A
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