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Rhetorical Devices

Authored by Sarah Schugar

English

10th - 12th Grade

CCSS covered

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Rhetorical Devices
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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A reference in a work of literature to a character, place, or situation from history, music, or another work of literature.

anaphora

foreshadowing

analogy

allusion

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RL.8.4

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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A comparison between two things [Simile/Metaphor/Personification]

allusion

analogy

aphorism

parallelism

Tags

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.L.6.5B

CCSS.L.8.5B

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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Repetition of successive lines in separate sentences of phrases in a text.

aphorism

anecdote

repetition

anaphora

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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A brief account of an interesting event; A story or scene.

pathos

diction

anecdote

allusion

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

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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A short pointed statement that expresses a wise or clever observation about the human experience. They are often metaphors.

aphorism

anecdote

anaphora

analogy

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

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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A writer's choice of words; an important element in the writer's voice or style.

tone

diction

vernacular

examples

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

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A reflection of a writer's or a speaker's attitude toward the subject matter.

tone

diction

vernacular

examples

Tags

CCSS.L.3.3A

CCSS.L.4.3A

CCSS.L.5.3A

CCSS.L.6.3A

CCSS.L.6.3B

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