Rhetorical Devices Quiz
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English
9th - 12th Grade
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 10 pts
What is the definition of anaphora?
A figure of speech that makes a comparison between two non-similar things. As a literary device, metaphor creates comparisons without the use of “like” or “as.”
A conversational way to express emotion and as a means of emphasizing or affirming a point or idea.
A reference, typically brief, to a person, place, thing, event, or other literary work with which the reader is presumably familiar.
Indicates when something or someone is in direct contrast or the obverse of another thing or person.
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ELA.9-10.R.2.3
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 10 pts
What is the definition of allusion?
A figure of speech that makes a comparison between two non-similar things. As a literary device, metaphor creates comparisons without the use of “like” or “as.”
A conversational way to express emotion and as a means of emphasizing or affirming
A reference, typically brief, to a person, place, thing, event, or other literary work with which the reader is presumably familiar.
Indicates when something or someone is in direct contrast or the obverse of anot
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ELA.9-10.R.2.3
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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 10 pts
What is the definition of Alliteration?
A figure of speech that makes a comparison between two non-similar things. As a literary device, metaphor creates comparisons without the use of “like” or “as.”
A literary device that reflects repetition in two or more nearby words of initial consonant sounds.
A literary device that involves intentionally using a word or phrase for effect, two or more times in a speech or written work.
A witty understatement that belittles or dismisses something or somebody; particularly by making use of terms that give an impression that something is less important than it is or it should be.
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ELA.9-10.R.2.3
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 10 pts
What is the definition of antithesis?
A conversational way to express emotion and as a means of emphasizing or affirming a point or idea.
A witty understatement that belittles or dismisses something or somebody; particularly by making use of terms that give an impression that something is less important than it is or it should be.
Indicates when two directly opposite things or ideas are put together to achieve a contrasting effect.
A literary device that involves intentionally using a word or phrase for effect, two or more times in a speech or written work.
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ELA.9-10.R.2.3
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 10 pts
What is the definition of repetition?
A reference, typically brief, to a person, place, thing, event, or other literary work with which the reader is presumably familiar.
A literary device that reflects repetition in two or more nearby words of initial consonant sounds.
A reference, typically brief, to a person, place, thing, event, or other literary work with which the reader is presumably familiar.
A literary device that involves intentionally using a word or phrase for effect, two or more times in a speech or written work.
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ELA.9-10.R.2.3
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 10 pts
What is the definition of metaphor?
Portrays a person, place or action as being something else
A device in which a number of words, having the same consonant sound, occur close together
The repetition of the first part of the sentence in order to achiever an artistic effect.
A rhetorical device in which two opposite ideas are put together in a sentence to achieve a contrasting effect.
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ELA.9-10.R.2.3
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 10 pts
Author's use anaphora's to emphasize certain words, phrases, or an idea they want to convey; or for encouragement.
True
False
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ELA.9-10.R.2.3
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