Literary Devices and Rhetorical Appeals Quiz

What literary device involves using the same word or phrase over and over again in a piece of writing or speech?

• Allusion

• Restatement

• Repetition

• Parallelism

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Which literary device involves expressing the same idea in different words to clarify and stress key points?

• Restatement

• Repetition

• Parallelism

• Allusion

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

What is the figure of speech where a question is posed not to elicit an answer but to emphasize a point or create dramatic effect?

• Pathos

• Ethos

• Rhetorical Question

• Repetition

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Which argument appeals to an audience's emotions?

• Ethos

• Pathos

• Allusion

• Logos

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

What is the literary device that involves the matching of the forms of words, phrases, or clauses within a sentence?

• Parallelism

• Restatement

• Logos

• Rhetorical Question

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

What is the literary device that involves a brief and indirect reference to a person, place, thing or idea of historical, cultural, literary or political significance?

• Pathos

• Allusion

• Repetition

• Parallelism

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Which rhetorical device involves the use of a character's credibility or ethical appeal to persuade an audience?

• Ethos

• Pathos

• Logos

• Allusion

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

What is the rhetorical device that uses logic, reasoning, and facts to persuade an audience?

• Pathos

• Ethos

• Logos

• Rhetorical Question

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

What is the rhetorical device that appeals to the audience's sense of right and wrong?

• Ethos

• Pathos

• Logos

• Allusion

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Which literary device involves the use of similar grammatical structures to express related ideas?

• Parallelism

• Restatement

• Repetition

• Allusion

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4