Rhetorical Devices

Excerpt:
"I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed... I have a dream that one day... I have a dream today!"
— Martin Luther King Jr.

What rhetorical device is primarily used in the excerpt?

• Antithesis

• Repetition

• Parallelism

• Imagery

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CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Excerpt:
"Ask not what your country can do for you—ask what you can do for your country."
— John F. Kennedy

What rhetorical device is exemplified in this quote?

• Loaded Language

• Parallelism

• Metaphor

• Irony

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

"Let both sides explore what problems unite us instead of belaboring those problems which divide us."
— John F. Kennedy

What rhetorical device is exemplified in this quote?

• Diction

• Allusion

• Irony

• Hyperbole

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CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

"We shall not surrender, and even if... we shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds..."
— Winston Churchill

What rhetorical device is exemplified in this quote?

• Anaphora

• Antithesis

• Imagery

• Hyperbole

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CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

"I’ve told you a million times not to exaggerate!"
— Unknown

What rhetorical device is exemplified in this quote?

• Anaphora

• Antithesis

• Imagery

• Hyperbole

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CCSS.L.11-12.5A

"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times..."
— Charles Dickens

What rhetorical device is exemplified in this quote?

• Irony

• Antithesis

• Parallelism

• Imagery

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

"The sun shone brightly upon the golden fields of wheat."
— Unknown

What rhetorical device is exemplified in this quote?

• Irony

• Antithesis

• Parallelism

• Imagery

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

Excerpt:
"Let us go forth to lead the land we love."
— John F. Kennedy

What rhetorical device is exemplified in this quote?

• Irony

• Alliteration

• Juxtaposition

• Imagery

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Excerpt:
"The time has come to confront the inequities."
— Unknown

What rhetorical device is exemplified in this quote?

• Diction

• Alliteration

• Juxtaposition

• Repetition

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Excerpt:
"We must learn to live together as brothers or perish together as fools."
— Martin Luther King Jr.

What rhetorical device is exemplified in this quote?

• Diction

• Alliteration

• Juxtaposition

• Repetition

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5