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Rhetorical Devices

Authored by Conor Mulville

English

6th - 9th Grade

CCSS covered

Used 2+ times

Rhetorical Devices
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

To err is human; to forgive, divine.


This phrase is an example of...

metaphor

antithesis

hypophora

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

In books, I find the dead as if they were alive; in books I foresee things to come; in books warlike affairs are set forth...


This phrase is an example of...

metaphor

onomatopoeia

anaphora

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What behavior is uniquely human? My theory is that...


This phrase is an example of...

symbolism

rhetorical question

hypophora

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What could you be thinking?


This phrase is an example of...

rhetorical question

hypohpora

parallelism

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

He tried to make the law clear, precise, and equitable.


This phrase is an example of...

parallelism

hypophora

asyndeton

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The question of federal aid is a bramble patch.


This phrase is an example of...

simile

metaphor

asyndeton

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

We came, we saw, we conquered.


This phrase is an example of...

metaphor

rhetorical question

asyndeton

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

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