
Rhetorical devices - Neoclassicalism

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English
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9th - 12th Grade
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Naghmana Sarfraz
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
What is the tone of Patrick Henry in "Speech in the Virginia Convention?"
"No man thinks more highly than I do of the patriotism, as well as abilities, of the very worthy gentlemen who have just addressed the House."
respectful
camaraderie
funny
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
Which rhetorical element is seen here in Patrick Henry's "Speech in the Virginia Convention?"
"We have petitioned; we have remonstrated; we have supplicated; we have prostrated ourselves before the throne, and have implored its interposition to arrest the tyrannical hands of the ministry and Parliament."
Biblical Allusion
antithesis
parallelism
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
Which literary element is seen (underlined) here in Patrick Henry's "Speech in the Virginia Convention?"
"Ask yourselves how this gracious reception of our petition comports with these warlike preparations which cover our waters and darken our land. Are fleets and armies necessary to a work of love and reconciliation?"
allusion
irony
antithesis
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
20 sec • 1 pt
Which rhetorical element is seen here in Patrick Henry's "Speech in the Virginia Convention?"
"Give me liberty, or give me death!"
rhetorical question
antithesis
parallelism
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
Which literary element is seen in the underlined part of Patrick Henry's "Speech in the Virginia Convention?"
"There is no retreat but in submission and slavery! Our chains are forged! Their clanking may be heard on the plains of Boston!"
antithesis
simile
metaphor
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which rhetorical device is seen here in Patrick Henry's "Speech in the Virginia Convention?"
"Is life so dear, or peace so sweat..."
parallelism
repetition
allusion
analogy
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
"We have petitioned; we have remonstrated; we have supplicated; we have prostrated ourselves before the throne, and have implored its interposition to arrest the tyrannical hands of the ministry and Parliament."
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