What is a metaphor?
Rhetorical Devices Quiz
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Rhetorical Devices Quiz
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English
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9th - 12th Grade
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Michele Mock
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11 questions
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
A comparison in which something is said to figuratively be something else
An intentional exaggeration
Repeating the same or similar sounds at the beginning of words
A word that imitates the sound it refers to
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is a hyperbole?
A comparison in which something is said to figuratively be something else
An intentional exaggeration
Repeating the same or similar sounds at the beginning of words
A word that imitates the sound it refers to
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is alliteration?
A comparison in which something is said to figuratively be something else
An intentional exaggeration
Repeating the same or similar sounds at the beginning of words
A word that imitates the sound it refers to
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is an analogy?
A comparison in which something is said to figuratively be something else
An intentional exaggeration
Repeating the same or similar sounds at the beginning of words
A word that imitates the sound it refers to
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is onomatopoeia?
A comparison in which something is said to figuratively be something else
An intentional exaggeration
Repeating the same or similar sounds at the beginning of words
A word that imitates the sound it refers to
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is allusion?
A comparison in which something is said to figuratively be something else
An intentional exaggeration
Repeating the same or similar sounds at the beginning of words
The act of casually referencing something, usually a work of popular culture
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is an oxymoron?
A comparison in which something is said to figuratively be something else
An intentional exaggeration
Repeating the same or similar sounds at the beginning of words
A figure of speech that uses two opposite words together
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