Rhetorical Devices/Figurative Language
Authored by Julie Swobodzinski
English
10th Grade
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
"Many scientists argue that like Icarus, science ignores the ever-nearing sun at its own peril." is an example of
allusion
analogy
metaphor
personification
Tags
CCSS.RI.8.4
CCSS.RL.8.4
CCSS.L.7.5A
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
"Depression is a bottomless cup that can hold no liquid>"
simile
metaphor
personification
procatlepsis
Tags
CCSS.L.4.5A
CCSS.L.5.5A
CCSS.RL.5.4
CCSS.W.11-12.2D
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
a person or author makes an indirect reference in speech, text, or song to an event or figure
allusion
analysis
pathos
metaphor
Tags
CCSS.RI.8.4
CCSS.RL.8.4
CCSS.L.7.5A
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
the author deliberately "places" two contrasting things side by side in order to highlight the differences.
allusion
juxtaposition
metaphor
oxymoron
Tags
CCSS.L.4.5
CCSS.L.5.5
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
words or phrases are repeated in a literary work to bring attention to an idea.
repetition
metaphor
pathos
oxymoron
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
an argument that appeals to a reader's emotions rather than facts.
ethos
pathos
logos
Tags
CCSS.RI.11-12.5
CCSS.RI.9-10.5
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
an argument based on the ethics or credibility of the person making the argument
ethos
logos
pathos
Tags
CCSS.RI.11-12.5
CCSS.RI.9-10.5
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