Identifying Rhetorical Devices

A ______ is a technique that writers or speakers use to convey meaning or persuade their audience.

• rhetorical device

• contradiction

• rhyme

• fallacy

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.6

CCSS.RI.9-10.8

CCSS.SL.9-10.3

Rhetorical devices can be used to enhance the effectiveness of the message by making it ______.

• more memorable, emotional, or persuasive

• faster and longer

• more difficult to understand

• irrelevant and useless.

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.6

Which rhetorical device is being used in the sentence 'The pen is mightier than the sword'?

• Metaphor
• Simile
• Hyperbole
• Alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Which rhetorical device is being used in the sentence 'His words were as soothing as a lullaby'?

• Simile
• Metaphor
• Irony
• Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Which rhetorical device is being used in the sentence 'She sells seashells by the seashore'?

• Alliteration
• Assonance
• Metonymy
• Oxymoron

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

Which rhetorical device is being used in the sentence 'I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up'?

• Metonymy
• Anaphora
• Epistrophe
• Chiasmus

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Which rhetorical device is being used in the sentence 'Love is a rose'?

• Metaphor
• Simile
• Personification
• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Which rhetorical device is being used in the sentence 'The silence was a heavy weight on my chest'?

• Metaphor
• Simile
• Alliteration
• Onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

Which rhetorical device is being used in the sentence 'He was a towering figure in the industry'?

• Metaphor
• Simile
• Hyperbole
• Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Which rhetorical device is being used in the sentence 'She's as thin as a toothpick'?

• Simile
• Metaphor
• Hyperbole
• Alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4