Rhetorical Devices

Which rhetorical device is used in the following examples?

"Dunkin Doughnuts, Coca-Cola and Bed Bath and Beyond"

• Personification

• Parallelism

• Allusion

• Alliteration

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

Which rhetorical device is used in the following sentence?

"Our school principal is the AI Gore of our community in that he cares deeply about climate

change."

• alliteration

• metaphor

• allusion

• hyperbole

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CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Which rhetorical device is used in the following sentence?

"In many ways, our ecosystem is similar to a woven sweater. If one stand is destroyed, then the rest of it can unravel."

• analogy

• repetition

• parenthesis

• onomatopoeia

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CCSS.L.6.5B

CCSS.L.8.5B

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Which rhetorical device is used in the following sentence?

"Finding alternative energy sources should be a top priority for today, a top priority for

tomorrow and a top priority for the future."

• repetition

• parallelism

• hyperbole

• analogy

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Which rhetorical device is used in the following example?

"You're being let go. Her father passed away.

The toddler told his mom that he needed to go potty."

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Verbal Irony

• Euphemism

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5A

Which rhetorical device is used in the following sentence?

"At night, our cities are bright, brilliant and beautiful while they burn up precious energy."

• hyperbole

• analogy

• alliteration

• parenthesis

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

Which rhetorical device is used in the following sentence?

"The greater the involvement of community leaders in green issues, the greater the chance of

all community members taking an interest."

• repetition

• parallelism

• rhetorical question

• onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Which rhetorical device is used in the following sentence?

"Tom is very hungry that he can devour the entire horse."

• alliteration

• repetition

• hyperbole

• onomatopeia

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Which rhetorical device is used in the following sentence?

"Every day, defunct electronic products containing harmful substances – lithium, cadmium,

mercury and numerous other heavy metals – are discarded into landfills, greatly damaging the environment."

• analogy

• hyperbole

• repetition

• parenthesis

Which rhetorical device is used in the following sentence?

"Cars have made life far more convenient for us, but at what cost?"

• rhetorical question

• parenthesis

• metaphor

• euphemism