Rhetorical Devices

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 statement that seems impossible because the ideas are opposites, but have an element of truth is which of the following rhetorical devices? 

• A. Paradox
• B. 
  B. Hyperbole 
• C. Satire 

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.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

"To think on death it is a misery,/ T o think on life it is a vanity;/ to think on the world verily it is,/ to think that here man hath no perfect bliss.' Peachum

• A. Exemplum
• B. Hyperbole
• C. Anaphora

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CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

 “Mom, did you know that, according to newsweek.com, having a cell phone at school does not lead to lower grades. A study of 1,700 high school students found that there is absolutely no correlation between these two things. I can have my phone without my grades suffering.”

• ethos
• logos 
• pathos

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

 “Mom, what if there is a gunman at school, and I have no way to communicate with you aside from my phone?”
This is an example of...

• pathos
• logos 
• ethos

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

30 years later and teenagers are still addicted, but now to vaping and texting. 30 years later and parents are even less involved in teens' lives than they were. 30 years later and God has been taken out of the picture and replaced with materialism...

WHAT DEVICE and WHAT TONE?

• hopeful tone through ethos

• frustrated tone through anaphora

• annoyed tone through bias

• humorous tone through jokes

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CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

UNDERSTATEMENT

• An exaggeration
• Making an idea seem less important than it really is
• Repeating initial consonant sounds
• Using a word with an opposite meaning

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CCSS.RL.11-12.6

"The wall both exists and doesn't exist." Is a..

• paradox

• metaphor

• personification

"Are we to stand around, arms crossed, and do nothing?No, Now is the time to act! " Is an example of a ..

• hypophora

• anaphora

• Analogy

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CCSS.L.6.5B

CCSS.L.8.5B

CCSS.W.11-12.2D