Rhetorical devices quiz

The following is an example of which kind of rhetorical device?

Anger is a monster waiting to devour happiness.

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Oxymoron

• Hyperbole

The following is an example of which rhetorical device?

The fog crept through doorways and keyholes.

• Simile

• Analogy

• Personification

• Metaphor

The following is an example of which kind of rhetorical device?

Jack is like a squirrel

• Repetition

• Personification

• Metaphor

• Simile

What is the definition of rhetorical questions?

• a statement made in order to create a dramatic effect or to make a point

• a question asked in order to create a dramatic effect or incite problem solving

• a question asked in order to create a calming effect or to ask for a logical answer

• a question asked in order to create a dramatic effect or to make a point rather than to get an answer

Clattering Cauldrons" is an example of...

• Alliteration

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

With the speed of a cheetah, the man sprinted past me" is an example of...

• Parallelism

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personification

You can't say you like stylish shoes and have never worn a pair of skechers, just like you can't say that you are Italian and never eaten pasta. Which rhetorical device is being used here?

• Parallelism

• Repetition

• Analogy

• Anecdote

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.

• Rhetorical appeal

• Simile

• Rhetorical device

• Allusion

He was a Good Samaritan yesterday when he helped the lady start her car.

This sentence uses

• Repetition

• Allusion

• Parallelism

• Alliteration

“I came, I saw, I conquered.” ...Julius Caesar

This quote's main rhetorical device in use is

• Parallelism

• Anecdote

• Simile

• Metaphor