Rhetorical Appeals & Devices

Using several word near each other that start with the same sound is which rhetorical device?

• Alliteration

• Allusion

• Anaphora

• Personification

A question asked to make a point, not that you want an answer is which of the following rhetorical devices?

• Antithesis

• Personification

• Figurative Language

• Rhetorical Question

The repetition of initial phrases at the beginning of a sentence is which of the following rhetorical devices?

• Metaphor

• Alliteration

• Anaphora

• Irony

When a person or author makes an indirect reference in speech, text, or song to an event or figure. Often the allusions made are to past events or figures, but sometimes allusions are made to current famous people or events.

• Simile

• Alliteration

• Anaphora

• Allusion

An example of alliteration is...

• Becky's beagle barked and bayed, becoming bothersome for Billy.

• She looked as innocent as an angel.

• Boom! Bang! Pow!

• The tree danced.

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

What would “Don’t act like a Romeo in front of her" be an example of?

• Allegory

• Onomatopoeia

• Imagery

• Allusion

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Sam's mom screamed, "I told you a million times to pick up your room!' What is Sam's mom "using" to get her point across?

• Personification

• A Simile

• A Metaphor

• A Hyperbole

What does it mean to persuade someone?

• The convince them of something
• The explain what something is
• To delight and entertain someone
• To debate with someone

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

The lumberjack leveled the many trees into a clearing and his chainsaw sang its deadly song. What is being personified?

• The trees

• The chainsaw

• The song

• The lumberjack

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

• rhetorical question

• metaphor

• anaphora

• simile

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4