Rhetorical Devices Quiz

Which of the following is the best definition of Juxtaposition?

• Finding similarities between two unlike things in an extended comparison.

• Persuading someone using credibility--how certain people deserve respect due to wisdom or their position.

• Contrasting things by putting opposite terms, sentences, or concepts next to one another.

• Persuading someone using facts, figures, historical data, or statistics.

• Persuading someone using emotion--the speaker makes you happy, sad, upset, worried, etc.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

Which of the following is the best definition of Analogy?

• Finding similarities between two unlike things in an extended comparison.

• Persuading someone using credibility--how certain people deserve respect due to wisdom or their position.

• Contrasting things by putting opposite terms, sentences, or concepts next to one another.

• Persuading someone using facts, figures, historical data, or statistics.

• Persuading someone using emotion--the speaker makes you happy, sad, upset, worried, etc.

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5B

CCSS.L.8.5B

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Which of the following is the best definition of Ethos?

• Finding similarities between two unlike things in an extended comparison.

• Persuading someone using credibility--how certain people deserve respect due to wisdom or their position.

• Contrasting things by putting opposite terms, sentences, or concepts next to one another.

• Persuading someone using facts, figures, historical data, or statistics.

• Persuading someone using emotion--the speaker makes you happy, sad, upset, worried, etc.

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

Which of the following is the best definition of Pathos?

• Finding similarities between two unlike things in an extended comparison.

• Persuading someone using credibility--how certain people deserve respect due to wisdom or their position.

• Contrasting things by putting opposite terms, sentences, or concepts next to one another.

• Persuading someone using facts, figures, historical data, or statistics.

• Persuading someone using emotion--the speaker makes you happy, sad, upset, worried, etc.

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

Which of the following is the best definition of Logos?

• Finding similarities between two unlike things in an extended comparison.

• Persuading someone using credibility--how certain people deserve respect due to wisdom or their position.

• Contrasting things by putting opposite terms, sentences, or concepts next to one another.

• Persuading someone using facts, figures, historical data, or statistics.

• Persuading someone using emotion--the speaker makes you happy, sad, upset, worried, etc.

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

Which Rhetorical Device is demonstrated in the below quote?

"Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way."

• Analogy

• Juxtaposition

• Ethos

• Logos

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

Which Rhetorical Device is demonstrated in the below quote?

"That movie was a roller coaster ride of emotions."

• Analogy

• Juxtaposition

• Ethos

• Logos

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5B

CCSS.L.8.5B

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Which Rhetorical Device is demonstrated in the below quote?

"Our expertise in roofing contracting is evidenced not only by our 50 years in the business and our staff of qualified technicians but in the decades of satisfied customers who have come to expect nothing but the best."

• Analogy

• Juxtaposition

• Ethos

• Logos

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

Which Rhetorical Device is demonstrated in the below quote?

"It's a matter of common sense that people deserve to be treated equally. The Constitution calls it 'self-evident.' Why, then, should I have been denied a seat because of my disability?"

• Analogy

• Juxtaposition

• Pathos

• Logos

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

Which Rhetorical Device is demonstrated in the below quote?

"Two roads diverged in a wood, and I—

I took the one less traveled by,

And that has made all the difference."

• Analogy

• Juxtaposition

• Pathos

• Ethos

Tags

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D