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Rhetoric Terms Quiz

Authored by Kim Aide

English

10th Grade

CCSS covered

Used 2+ times

Rhetoric Terms Quiz
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Rhetoric is the art of speaking or writing effectively. It is also the art of using language for persuasion. Therefore, rhetorical devices are those techniques that result in effective and persuasive language.

True

False

Tags

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Effective persuasive strategy involving the speaker being qualified and credible so that the audience will more likely listen.

Ethos

Pathos

Logos

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

A reference to a person, a place, an event, or a literary work that a writer expects the reader to recognize because it's well known. Sometimes this is called an indirect reference.

anaphora

alliteration

inversion

allusion

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The author’s intentional use of word choice.

inversion

allusion

contrasting pairs

diction

Tags

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.L.8.6

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

An exaggeration to express strong emotion, make a point or evoke humor.

verbal irony

hyperbole

alliteration

inversion

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

All of the following words could ptoentially be used to compare in a simiie EXCEPT

like

as

resembles

is

Tags

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The reversal of the usual word order in a prose sentence. Varying sentence structure so the that subject follows the verb (HINT: Yoda, sports broadcasters)

inversion

verbal irony

contrasting pairs

alliteration

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