Rhetorical Devices
Authored by Cathy Riordan
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8th - 9th Grade
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
repetition of the beginning sound in words or phrases
allusion
alliteration
anaphora
antithesis
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
45 sec • 1 pt
“. . . it takes a family; it takes teachers; it takes clergy; it takes business people; it takes community leaders; it takes those who protect our health and safety. It takes all of us.”
This excerpt includes repetition of a group of words at the beginning of phrases. It is a technique called:
simile
anaphora
allusion
metaphor
Tags
CCSS.RL.8.3
CCSS.RL.2.6
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
When Neil Armstrong said, “That’s one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind.” he was using what rhetorical technique?
anaphora
alliteration
hyperbole
antithesis
Tags
CCSS.L.4.5
CCSS.L.5.5
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
a reference to an event, person, place, or work of art or literature
simile
alliteration
allusion
metaphor
Tags
CCSS.RL.8.3
CCSS.RL.11-12.3
CCSS.RL.6.3
CCSS.RL.7.3
CCSS.RL.9-10.3
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
the repetition of a word at the end of clauses or sentences
alliteration
anaphora
repetition
epistrophe
Tags
CCSS.RL.2.4
CCSS.RL.7.4
6.
FILL IN THE BLANK QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
A ________ is a comparison of two unlike things by stating something IS another thing, not only like it.
Tags
CCSS.L.4.5A
CCSS.L.5.5A
CCSS.RL.5.4
CCSS.W.11-12.2D
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
What makes a simile different from a metaphor?
it compares things that are already similar
it is shorter
it uses the words "like" or "as" to make a comparison
it exaggerates
Tags
CCSS.L.4.5A
CCSS.L.5.5A
CCSS.RL.5.4
CCSS.W.11-12.2D
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