Rhetorical Devices Quiz

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.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

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

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

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.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

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

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.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

What is the term for giving human qualities or characteristics to non-human things or abstract ideas?

• Personification

• Imagery

• Hyperbole

• Anaphora

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

Which rhetorical device involves an exaggerated statement not meant to be taken literally?

• Juxtaposition

• Hyperbole

• Inference

• Rhetorical Question

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

What is a question asked for effect or to make a point rather than to get an answer?

• Rhetorical Question

• Antithesis

• Simile

• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

Which device uses descriptive language that appeals to the senses?

• Imagery

• Logos

• Ethos

• Pathos

Tags

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D