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Rhetorical Terms

Authored by Sarah Williams

English

11th Grade

CCSS covered

Rhetorical Terms
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

An extended, figurative comparison used to illustrate a point is a called a/an

rebuttal

example

anecdote

analogy

Tags

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

The art of persuasive writing and speaking is called

none of these answers are correct

politics

bias

rhetoric

Tags

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Comparing an argument to a car is an example of a

anecdote

analogy

fact

statistic

Tags

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.L.6.5B

CCSS.L.8.5B

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What are brief stories used to illustrate a point?

analogies

anecdotes

allusions

comparisons

Tags

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.L.6.5B

CCSS.L.8.5B

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

An unusual and extended comparison between two unlike things that is often witty is called a

simile

clause

conceit

colloquilism

Tags

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Every day, every night, in every way, I am getting better and better.” Which device is demonstrated in this quote?

anaphora

chiasmus

antithesis

allegory

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

If I try to explain something by associating it with something more familiar to you, I am making an

anecdote

antecedent

antithesis

analogy

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

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