Rhetorical devices - Neoclassicalism

Rhetorical devices - Neoclassicalism

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English

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

Which rhetorical device 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." 
parallelism 
rhetorical question
allusion
analogy 

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