Rhetorical Devices, Survey, Fall 2020

A short and amusing or interesting story about a real incident or person is called a(n) ___________________________________________.

• joke

• fairy tale

• inference

• anecdote

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

Choose the sentence that has parallel structure

• He came, he saw, and he received.
• He came, he wanted to see, but he didn't. 
• He came; he started to ask; he didn't want to. 
• He saw, didn't come or receive. 

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CCSS.L.9-10.1A

Choose the sentence that has parallel structure.

• The children laughed, jumped, and danced
• The children were laughing, jumped, and some were dancing.

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CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Choose the correct words to make the sentence parallel. 
Ron was an expert tennis player and __________.

• went fishing
• fished
• liked to go fishing
• an avid fisherman

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CCSS.L.9-10.1A

How would allusion be defined?

• a reference to a famous person, place, or event

• words that involve one of the five senses

• two lines working as a unit

• a form or wordplay with similar sounding sounds

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CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

Which of the following is true about allusions?

• allusions are written in quotation marks

• allusions are always started as a comparison, as in 'He was as strong as Hercules.'

• allusions are indicated references that may sometimes be obvious and sometimes obscure

• all of the above

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CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

From Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet which of these lines contains an allusion?

• And therefore have I little talked of love

• Immoderately she weeps for Tybalt's death

• For Venus smiles not in a house of tears

• All of the above

Allusion or Not an allusion?

• Not an Allusion

• Allusion

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CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.W.9-10.9

Which of these is the best definition of imagery?

• anything that is literal
• giving a human trait to something non-human
• language that appeals to the reader's five senses
•  descriptions that are not literally true

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

Which of these is an example of metaphor?

• The leaf raced like a speedboat across the top of the water.
• Harriet spends all day fixing her hair.
• The clouds danced across the sky.
• The grass was a soft, plush carpet.

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5