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Rhetorical Devices

Authored by Heather Edgcombe

English

9th Grade

CCSS covered

Used 80+ times

Rhetorical Devices
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21 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 4 pts

Repeating the same sentence structure or pattern of words.

Parallelism

Imagery

Anaphora

Repetition

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.2.4

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 4 pts

What is the best definition for repetition?

repeating a specific phrase to add rhythm or structure

repeating a word or phrase to add emphasis

word choice that is used to make the reader feel a specific emotion

referring to well-known people, books, or institutions

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.2.4

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 4 pts

What is the best definition for rhetorical questions?

Repeating a specific phrase to add structure or rhythm.

Repeating a word or phrase for emphasis.

Comparing two unlike things for emphasis.

A question that has an obvious answer, only used to further an argument

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 4 pts

“Nory was a Catholic because her mother was a Catholic, and Nory’s mother was a Catholic because her father was a Catholic, and her father was a Catholic because his mother was a Catholic, or had been.”

Personification

Euphemism

Repetition

Alliteration

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.2.4

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 5 pts

What rhetorical appeal is used here:

"So here are just a few statistics on the human toll of illegal immigration. According to a 2011 government report, the arrests attached to the criminal alien population included an estimated 25,000 people for homicide, 42,000 for robbery..."

Logos

Pathos

Ethos

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 5 pts

What is the rhetorical device in this example?

A boyfriend begs his girlfriend to stay with him, claiming "If you really love me, you'll give me time to change my ways."

Logos

Pathos

Ethos

Tags

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.L.11-12.6

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 5 pts

 "As a doctor, I am qualified to tell you that this course of treatment will likely generate the best results." This is an example of...

pathos

ethos

logos

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

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