Rhetorical Devices Practice

What is one goal of persuasion?

• To change other's point of view
• To make sure people do not change

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.8

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.8.8

A similarity between like features of two things, on which a comparison may be based is which of the following rhetorical devices? 

• A.Simile
• B.Invective
• C. Alliteration
• D. Analogy

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CCSS.L.6.5B

CCSS.L.8.5B

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

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

• A. Imagery 
• B. Personification 
• C. Rhetoric 
• E. Rhetorical Question 

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

restating words and phrases for emphasis...

• climax ordering

• alliteration

• parallelism

• repetition

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CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

All’s fair in love and war
The above is an example of a(n)...

• simile 
• metaphor
• juxtaposition
• personification

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

To make a point a point by exaggerating is which of the following rhetorical devices?

• hyperbole
• simile
• allusion
• logos

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

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

• rhetorical synopsis
• rhetorical question 
• allusion
• repetition

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CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.8.8

The movie scene focuses on a band of zombies creeping up on a peaceful, moonlit town.

• juxtaposition

• analogy

• rhetorical question.

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

What two things are being compared in the analogy? A math problem seems like a maze-so many twists, turns, and frustrating dead ends.

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CCSS.L.6.5B

CCSS.L.8.5B

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

What two things are being compared in this analogy? Swords are the weapons of warriors, but words are the weapons of writers.

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CCSS.L.6.5B

CCSS.L.8.5B

CCSS.W.11-12.2D