Rhetorical Devices Vocabulary

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is NOT a purpose of using rhetorical devices?

• To persuade or inform an audience

• To make communication more interesting and memorable

• To help capture audience attention

• To confuse the audience

Multiple Choice

Which of the following best describes the purpose of rhetorical devices?

• To make language more powerful and interesting

• To make language more confusing

• To simplify language

• To remove emotion from language

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Both similes and metaphors make ​

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, but ​

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use the words like or as, while ​

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make direct comparisons.

Multiple Choice

Which of the following examples is an example of personification?

• The daffodils were dancing in the breeze.

• My mom was dancing in the kitchen.

• I went to a dance with my best friend's boyfriend.

• Dance class is fun, but I am not allowed to bring my cat.

Multiple Select

Select all the rhetorical devices that involve repetition of sounds.

• Alliteration
• Assonance
• Simile

• Personification

Multiple Select

Which of these are examples of alliteration? Select all that apply.

• "Sarah Cynthia Sylvia Stout
  Would not take the garbage out"

• "May the force be with you."

• "How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.

  I love thee to the depth and breadth and height

  My soul can reach, when feeling out of sight

  For the ends of Being and ideal of Grace.”

• "Once upon a midnight dreary while I pondered weak and weary."

Dropdown

​

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involves repeating initial consonant sounds, while ​

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involves repeating vowel sounds with words.

Multiple Choice

Which rhetorical device is used in the quote shown in this image?

• simile

• hypophora

• anger

• logos

Multiple Choice

Which rhetorical device involves repeating words or phrases for emphasis?

• Repetition

• Pathos

• Anaphora

• Metaphor

Multiple Choice

Does this quote use parallelism?

• Yes

• No

Multiple Select

Which of the following ads uses anaphora?