Rhetorical Devices Quizziz

Please select which rhetorical device you believe the example below displays.

The warm doughnut tasted sweet with hints of vanilla, strawberry, and rich chocolate. 

• Simile

• Personification

• Imagery

• Metaphor

Which of the examples below is NOT a simile?

• “The very mystery of him excited her curiosity like a door that had neither lock nor key.” — Gone with the Wind, by Margaret Mitchell

• A house without books is like a room without windows.

• She is as cunning as a fox.

• The sea is a mirror reflecting the sky.

________ : a reference to another work of literature, famous figure, historical event, etc.

Please select which rhetorical device you believe the answer below displays.

She was a dandelion in the wind, searching for a place to land. 

• Rhetorical Question

• Simile

• Hyperbole

• Metaphor

What Rhetorical Device is seen in the sentence below?

The stars danced across the gorgeous night sky.

What is a Rhetorical Device?

• a short and amusing or interesting story about a real incident or person

• it asks the audience or the reader a question that they are not supposed to answer

• a technique that an author or speaker uses to help convey his or her message and create persuasive appeals

• a device used to make writing boring

Which of the following options is NOT a way rhetorical devices are used?

• Speeches

• Song Lyrics

• Radio

• Playing Football

What rhetorical device is seen in the sentence below?

Life is like a box of chocolates. 

• Metaphor

• Allusion

• Personification

• Simile

Which of the following is NOT an example of an onomatopoeia?

• Bang!

• Bark!

• Clatter!

• You!

Which of the following is a Hyperbole?

• We must be swift as the coursing river.

• I'm so hungry I could eat a whole elephant.

• Life is your restaurant.

• Cause, baby, you‘re a firework.