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Rhetorical Device Review

Authored by Brittany O'Keefe

English

9th - 10th Grade

CCSS covered

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Rhetorical Device Review
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

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During a breakup, your significant other says "I feel like our relationship has hit an iceberg."


What rhetorical device are they using?

Anecdote

Simile

Rhetorical Question

Allusion

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

Your mom is mad about your dirty room and says "Finding something in here is like trying to find a needle in a haystack!"

What rhetorical device is being used?

Simile

Analogy

Metaphor

Comparison

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5B

CCSS.L.8.5B

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

Your friend tells you the story of when they had a car accident driving too fast to warn you not to do it. What rhetorical device is being used?

Anecdote

Rhetorical Question

Pathos

Ethos

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

Trying to convince you to eat more food, your grandma says, "You're skinny as a rail!"

What rhetorical device is she using?

Metaphor

Simile

Analogy

Logos

Tags

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.L.7.6

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

When your mom founds out you stole money from her, she screams, "You're a monster!"

What type of rhetorical device is this?

Logos

Pathos

Simile

Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.L.11-12.6

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

When your dad says you can't go out on Friday you say, "Please, please, please!"

What rhetorical device is this an example of?

Paralellism

Ethos

Repetition

Understatement

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

You try to convince your mom to give you $5 by saying "I mopped the floor, I cleaned the bathroom, and I washed the laundry." What kind of rhetorical device is being used?

Repetition

Parallelism

Understatement

Pathos

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