Rhetorical Devices
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English
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9th - 12th Grade
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Hard
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1.
FLASHCARD QUESTION
Front
Which rhetorical device balances two or more ideas or arguments that are equally important?
Back
Parallelism
Tags
CCSS.L.4.5
CCSS.L.5.5
2.
FLASHCARD QUESTION
Front
Which rhetorical device uses the same word or phrase over again multiple times to highlight or emphasize an idea?
Back
repetition
Tags
CCSS.RL.2.4
CCSS.RL.7.4
3.
FLASHCARD QUESTION
Front
Which rhetorical device uses repetition of the same sound at the beginning of several words in sequence?
Back
alliteration
Tags
CCSS.L.4.5
CCSS.L.5.5
CCSS.L.6.5
CCSS.RL.2.4
CCSS.RL.7.4
4.
FLASHCARD QUESTION
Front
What rhetorical device is being used for this intro paragraph? How does one reverse course after spending so many years chasing their dream? Many people can lose themselves in because they are so focused on one goal that they forget what is happening around them. Yes, everyone should have goals, but they must keep themselves and their goals in perspective.
Back
rhetorical question
5.
FLASHCARD QUESTION
Front
Which rhetorical device is used in this portion of Dr. King's "I Have a Dream Speech?"
Options: Simile, Symbolism, Syntax, Pathos
Back
Pathos
Tags
CCSS.RI.11-12.4
CCSS.RI.7.4
CCSS.RI.8.4
CCSS.RI.9-10.4
CCSS.RI.9-10.4
6.
FLASHCARD QUESTION
Front
The phrase, "I'm so hungry; I could eat a horse." uses which rhetorical device?
Back
hyperbole
Tags
CCSS.L.11-12.5A
7.
FLASHCARD QUESTION
Front
"The quiz was a breeze."
Which rhetorical device is used in this sentence?
Back
metaphor
Tags
CCSS.L.4.5A
CCSS.L.5.5A
CCSS.RL.5.4
CCSS.W.11-12.2D
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