Rhetorical Devices
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7th - 12th Grade
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Choose the correct word that matches the following:
Comparing one idea, object, or image directly the another dissimilar one without using like or as.
parallelism
rhetoric
simile
metaphor
Tags
CCSS.L.7.6
CCSS.L.8.6
CCSS.W.7.2D
CCSS.L.11-12.6
CCSS.L.9-10.6
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Choose the correct word that matches the following definition:
a seemingly absurd or contradictory statement or proposition that, when investigated or explained, may prove to be well founded or true.
paradox
Epistrophe
anaphora
rhetorical question
Tags
CCSS.L.7.6
CCSS.L.8.6
CCSS.W.7.2D
CCSS.W.9-10.2D
CCSS.L.11-12.6
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Choose the correct word that matches the following definition:
comparing one idea, object, or image to another dissimilar one by using like or as
simile
paradox
hyperbole
metaphor
Tags
CCSS.L.7.6
CCSS.W.7.2D
CCSS.W.11-12.2D
CCSS.L.11-12.6
CCSS.L.9-10.6
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Choose the correct word that matches the following definition:
an exaggeration used for emphasis
allusion
symbolism
hyperbole
asyndeton
Tags
CCSS.L.7.6
CCSS.W.9-10.2D
CCSS.L.11-12.6
CCSS.L.9-10.6
CCSS.W.8.2D
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Choose the correct word that matches the following definition:
A usually short narrative of an interesting, amusing, or biographical incident
crescendo
anadiplosis
epimone
anecdote
Tags
CCSS.L.7.6
CCSS.L.8.6
CCSS.W.7.2D
CCSS.W.11-12.2D
CCSS.W.8.2D
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Choose the correct word that matches the following definition:
A question asked in order to create a dramatic effect or to make a point rather than to get an answer
extended metaphor
rhetorical question
verbal irony
situational irony
Tags
CCSS.L.8.6
CCSS.W.7.2D
CCSS.W.11-12.2D
CCSS.W.9-10.2D
CCSS.L.9-10.6
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Choose the correct word that matches the following definition:
A conceit or sustained metaphor, is an author's exploitation of a single metaphor or analogy at length through multiple sentences or lines in a story or poem.
metaphor
extended metaphor
analogy
rhetorical question
Tags
CCSS.L.7.6
CCSS.L.8.6
CCSS.W.11-12.2D
CCSS.W.9-10.2D
CCSS.W.8.2D
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