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Rhetorical Devices

Authored by Sarah Coon

English

9th Grade

CCSS covered

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Rhetorical Devices
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.

Oxymoron

Alliteration

Allusion

Metonymy

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

An indirect reference to something (usually a literary text, although it can be other things commonly known, such as plays, songs, historical events) with which the reader is supposed to be familiar.

Oxymoron

Alliteration

Allusion

Metonymy

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RL.8.4

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

A comparison between two things, typically for the purpose of explanation or clarification.

Simile

Metaphor

Comparison

Analogy

Tags

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.L.6.5B

CCSS.L.8.5B

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive sentences, phrases, or clauses.

Anaphora

Repetition

Parallelism

Antithesis

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

A brief recounting of a relevant episode. Often inserted into fictional or non-fictional texts as a way of developing a point or injecting humor.

Anecdote

Testimonial

Metonymy

Antithesis

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

30 sec • 1 pt

A literary device that refers to the juxtaposition of two opposing elements through parallel grammatical structure.

Anecdote

Anaphora

Oxymoron

Antithesis

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

A persuasive technique designed to make people feel that a product or idea is popular and that everyone else is doing it. People feel like they’re missing out or falling behind if they don’t join the crowd and be a part of the trend.

Plain Folks

Bandwagon Appeal

Testimonial

Anecdote

Tags

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

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