Rhetorical Devices - AP LANGUAGE & COMPOSITION
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
As a literary device it is a metaphor in which a character, place or event is used to deliver a broader message about real-world issues and occurrences.
allegory
metonymy
syllogism
invective
Tags
CCSS.L.4.5
CCSS.L.5.5
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
The repetition of a word or words in successive clauses in such a way that the second clause starts with the same word which marks the end of the previous clause.
"When I give, I give myself."
oxymoron
metonymy
polysyndeton
anadiplosis
Tags
CCSS.RL.2.4
CCSS.RL.7.4
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
A reference to an event, literary work or person - I can't do that because I am not Superman.
zeugma
parody
allusion
tone
Tags
CCSS.RI.8.4
CCSS.L.7.5A
CCSS.RL.8.4
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
The recurrence of initial consonant sounds - rubber baby buggy bumpers
personification
alliteration
synecdoche
litotes
Tags
CCSS.RL.2.4
CCSS.RL.7.4
CCSS.L.4.5
CCSS.L.5.5
CCSS.L.6.5
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Repeats a word or expression for emphasis - Love, real love, takes time.
rhetoric
chiasmus
eponym
amplification
Tags
CCSS.RL.2.4
CCSS.RL.7.4
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Repeats a word or phrase in successive phrases - "If you prick us, do we not bleed? If you tickle us, do we not laugh?" (Merchant of Venice, Shakespeare)
alliteration
pathos
anaphora
asyndeton
Tags
CCSS.RL.2.4
CCSS.RL.7.4
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
A figure of speech in which a word applies to two others in different senses (e.g., "You are free to execute your laws, and your citizens, as you see fit.")
understatement
catharsis
simile
zeugma
Tags
CCSS.L.1.5A
CCSS.L.1.5B
CCSS.L.K.5A
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