Rhetorical Devices

Quiz

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English

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9th - 12th Grade

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Medium

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CCSS

L.9-10.5, RL.8.3, RI.9-10.4

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Cassandra Lewandowski

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18 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

AMPLIFICATION

Repeats a word or phrase for emphasis

Repeats a word or phrase in successive phrases

repeats words or phrases in reverse order

places a criticism and a compliment together to lessen the impact

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

ANALOGY

Compares two different things that have similar characteristics

using an adjective or an adjective phrase to describe a noun

An exaggeration

A two-word paradox

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

ANAPHORA

makes a connection between two things

uses words or phrases with similar structure

repeats a word or phrase in successive phrases

words that imitate the sound they describe

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

HYPERBOLE

The recurrence of initial consonant sounds

repeating words or phrases in reverse order

makes an idea seem less important than it really is

An exaggeration

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

SIMILE

A comparison that does not use like or as

A comparison that uses like or as

Pairing a compliment and a criticism to lessen the impact

Connecting two things

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

ANTITHESIS

Makes a connection between two things

A comparison that does not use like or as

Compares two different things that have some similar characteristics

A two-word paradox

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

OXYMORON

A comparison between two things that uses like or as

A connection that is made between two things

A two-word paradox

Words that imitate the sound they describe

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.L.9-10.5A

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

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