Rhetorical Devices

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English
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10th Grade
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Grace Mutti
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is a rhetorical device?
is a technique that an author or speaker uses to convey to the listener or reader a meaning with the goal of persuading them
the formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named
the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning adjacent or closely related connected words
the use of a word referring to or replacing a used earlier in a sentence to avoid repetition.
Tags
CCSS.RI.9-10.4
CCSS.RI.9-10.6
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which rhetorical device can be seen in the following excerpt: The crisp crackle of the fire calmed our hearts and cleansed our souls.
Alliteration
Allusion
Antithesis
Assonance
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which of the following rhetorical devices can be seen in the following excerpt: "We will rise from the golden hills of the west. We will rise from the windswept northeast... We will rise from the lake-rimmed cities."
Paradox
Parallelism
Anastrophe
Anaphora
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which of the following is an example of anastrophe?
Busy as a bee
In God We Trust
The rain in Spain stays mainly in the plains
Chocolate chip cookies are her Achilles heel
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
The definition of a word
The implied meaning of a word
A word that means two things
The literal meaning of a word
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which of the following rhetorical devices uses language with strong emotional connotations?
Loaded Language
Alliteration
Repetition
Anastrophe
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which of the following rhetorical devices uses the repetition of consonant sounds in the middle of or at the end of several closely connected words.
Assonance
Consonance
Alliteration
Anaphora
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