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Rhetorical Devices

Authored by Jenny Aycock

English

9th Grade

CCSS covered

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Rhetorical Devices
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

a reference to a famous person, a historical even, or a well-known piece of literature

analogy

anaphora

allusion

antithesis

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

when the first word (or words) and the last word (or words) are repeated in a series of phrases, sentences, or clauses

antithesis

epistrophe

anaphora

symploce

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

using exaggeration

parallelsim

analogy

simile

hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

a new way of understanding a novel meaning and opposed to common sense yet perhaps that is true

paradox

parallelism

analogy

hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5B

CCSS.L.8.5B

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

comparing two unlike things using "like" or "as"

symploce

hyperbole

simile

analogy

Tags

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The opposite of what you say or the opposite of an object; contrasting opposing ideas in the same sentence

paradox

antithesis

parallelsim

epistrophe

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

sentences that are grammatically similar or identical in structure, sound, meaning, or meter.

simile

paradox

antithesis

parallelsim

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

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