Rhetorical Devices
Authored by Amanda Tobin
English
9th - 12th Grade
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
A question asked to make a point, not that you want an answer is which of the following rhetorical devices?
A. Bandwagon
B. Anecdote
C. Rhetoric
E. Rhetorical Question
Tags
CCSS.L.11-12.6
CCSS.L.9-10.6
CCSS.W.11-12.2D
CCSS.W.9-10.2D
CCSS.W.8.2D
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
Name the rhetorical device present in the following quote. “Ladies and Gentlemen, this is your captain speaking. We have a small problem. All four engines have stopped. We are doing our damnedest to get them going again. I trust you are not in too much distress.”
Hyperbole
Appeal to fear
metonymy
allusion
Tags
CCSS.L.11-12.5A
3.
MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
A __________________ is any stylistic device or resource of language that an author or speaker uses to help persuade or make a desired impact on his/her audience.
Persuasive device
Rhetorical Device
Rhetorical Appeal
Allusion
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
When you repeat yourself over and over what rhetorical device are you using?
Rhetorical Question
Aphorism
Repetition
Anaphora
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
At the end of Toy Story 3 we see an adorable snippet of the infamous "balcony scene" with a hedgehog as Romeo and a Little Green Man as Juliet. He quotes, "But soft what light through yonder window breaks," and the LGM quotes, “Romeo, oh Romeo, wherefore art thou Romeo.” This snippet is an example of an...
Anecdote
Allusion
Contrast
Holy war
Tags
CCSS.L.7.5A
CCSS.RI.8.4
CCSS.RL.8.4
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
The sentence "I'll love you 'til the ocean is folded and hung up to dry and the seven stars go squawking like geese about the sky,” is an example of which rhetorical device (not simile or metaphor)?
Hyperbole
Anaphora
Repetition
Emotional words
Tags
CCSS.L.11-12.5A
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
The sentence structure in the sentence,“Of the people, by the people, for the people,” is an example of which rhetorical device?
Parallelism
Extended metaphor
Repetition
Anaphora
Tags
CCSS.RL.2.4
CCSS.RL.7.4
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