Rhetorical Devices Quiz
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12th Grade
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which rhetorical device diminishes a claim for emphasis or humor?
Understatement
Litotes
Procatalepsis
Rhetorical Question
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CCSS.RL.11-12.6
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What rhetorical device makes an ironic statement using the negative form of a claim?
Litotes
Metanoia
Antithesis
Hypophora
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
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is the rhetorical device that asks a question and immediately answers it?
Hypophora
Rhetorical Question
Litotes
Metanoia
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What rhetorical device raises an opponent's objection to the point and responds to it in order to disarm the opponent?
Procatalepsis
Metanoia
Understatement
Litotes
Tags
CCSS.L.4.5
CCSS.L.5.5
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which rhetorical device is exemplified by the statement: "Fido was the friendliest of all St. Bernards, nay of all dogs"?
Metanoia
Antithesis
Litotes
Hypophora
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What rhetorical device is used in the example: "Sir Isaac Newton did have a fairly good mind for science"?
Understatement
Procatalepsis
Rhetorical Question
Antithesis
Tags
CCSS.RL.11-12.6
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which rhetorical device is demonstrated by the example: "Life can be kind and cruel, full of hope and heartache"?
Antithesis
Metanoia
Litotes
Hypophora
Tags
CCSS.L.4.5
CCSS.L.5.5
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