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Rhetorical Devices - Quiz #1

Authored by John Beck

English

11th Grade

CCSS covered

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Rhetorical Devices - Quiz #1
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

An indirect reference to something (usually a literary text, although it can be other things commonly known, such as plays, songs, historical events) with which the reader is supposed to be familiar.

Antecedent

Aphorism

Allusion

Anecdote

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

A brief recounting of a relevant episode.

Anecdote

Allusion

Antecedent

Aphorism

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The word, phrase, or clause referred to by a pronoun.

Aphorism

Allusion

Anecdote

Antecedent

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

A writer's word choice

Didactic

Comic relief

Euphemism

Diction

Tags

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Implied meaning rather than literal meaning.

Connotation

Denotation

Jargon

Vernacular

Tags

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.L.8.6

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The literal, explicit meaning of a word.

Connotation

Denotation

Jargon

Vernacular

Tags

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Language or dialect of a particular country, region, or everyday speech.

Connotation

Denotation

Classicism

Vernacular

Tags

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

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