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Rhetorical Devices 1

Authored by Brandon DeLoach

English

9th - 12th Grade

CCSS covered

Used 4+ times

Rhetorical Devices 1
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

the use of successive verbal constructions in poetry or prose that correspond in grammatical structure, sound, meter, meaning, etc.

juxtaposition

anaphora

euphemism

parallelism

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

two opposing things (ideas, images, colors, etc.) placed close together with contrasting effect

metaphor

synecdoche

simile

juxtaposition

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

an expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly; an indirect or passing reference

euphemism

allusion

hyperbole

paradox

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RL.8.4

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

comparing one idea, object or image directly to another dissimilar one without using like or as

simile

hyperbole

metaphor

irony

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

a figure of speech in which part is made to represent the whole or a whole is made to represent the sum of its parts

synecdoche

hyperbole

metaphor

simile

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

an exaggeration used for emphasis

lie

metaphor

hyperbole

symbolism

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

a mild or indirect word or expression substituted for one considered to be too harsh or blunt when referring to something unpleasant or embarrassing

euphemism

hyperbole

synecdoche

allusion

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5A

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