Rhetorical Devices Quiz
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is the repetition of the same sound at the beginning of several words in a sentence or phrase called? (ex: "Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers")
Anaphora
Alliteration
Metaphor
Simile
Tags
CCSS.L.4.5
CCSS.L.5.5
CCSS.RL.2.4
CCSS.RL.7.4
CCSS.L.6.5
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which rhetorical device involves repeating a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses or sentences? (Ex: "Every day I wake up, every day I study, every day I grow")
Antithesis
Juxtaposition
Anaphora
Hyperbole
Tags
CCSS.RL.2.4
CCSS.RL.7.4
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is a contrast or opposition between two ideas or phrases, often used to highlight differences?
Metaphor
Antithesis
Simile
Personification
Tags
CCSS.L.4.5
CCSS.L.5.5
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which rhetorical device is a comparison between two unlike things without using 'like' or 'as'? (Ex: "Life is a roller coaster"; or comparing Lincoln to a pine tree in the poem "Lincoln")
Simile
Metaphor
Hyperbole
Imagery
Tags
CCSS.L.8.6
CCSS.L.9-10.6
CCSS.W.8.2D
CCSS.W.9-10.2D
CCSS.W.7.2D
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is a comparison between two unlike things using 'like' or 'as'? (Ex: "Her eyes sparkled like diamonds")
Metaphor
Simile
Juxtaposition
Inference
Tags
CCSS.L.4.5
CCSS.L.5.5
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which device uses similar structures in two or more phrases or clauses to create a rhythm or pattern? (Ex: "These roots swept, knotted fibrous roots, prying, piercing, seeking...")
Parallelism
Pathos
Logos
Ethos
Tags
CCSS.RI.9-10.4
CCSS.RI.9-10.4
CCSS.RI.7.4
CCSS.RI.8.4
CCSS.RI.6.4
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is the term for giving human qualities or characteristics to non-human things or abstract ideas?
Personification
Imagery
Hyperbole
Anaphora
Tags
CCSS.RI.9-10.4
CCSS.RI.9-10.4
CCSS.RI.7.4
CCSS.RI.8.4
CCSS.RI.11-12.4
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