
Rhetorical Devices Review E2
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10th Grade
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which rhetorical device is used in the sentence 'He is as brave as a lion'?
Simile
Metaphor
Rhetorical Question
Personification
Tags
CCSS.L.4.5A
CCSS.L.5.5A
CCSS.RL.5.4
CCSS.W.11-12.2D
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is the purpose of using an allusion in a text?
To minimize the significance of something
To add balance and rhythm
To emphasize something
To simplify complex ideas
Tags
CCSS.L.7.5A
CCSS.RI.8.4
CCSS.RL.8.4
3.
MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which two rhetorical devices are used in the following sentence from Steve Jobs' Macworld 2007 Keynote Address: 'We’ve got the iPod, best music player in the world. We’ve got the iPod Nanos, brand new models, colors are back. We’ve got the amazing new iPod Shuffle.'?
Allusion
Anaphora
Parallelism
Hyperbole
Tags
CCSS.RL.2.4
CCSS.RL.7.4
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is the effect of using repetition in a speech?
To compare two unlike things
To build to a climax or add emphasis
To simplify complex ideas
To assign human qualities to something
Tags
CCSS.RL.2.4
CCSS.RL.7.4
5.
MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which two rhetorical devices are used in the following sentence from Richard M. Nixon's Inaugural Address: 'We find ourselves rich in goods but ragged in spirit, reaching with magnificent precision for the moon but falling into raucous discord on earth. We are caught in war, wanting peace. We're torn by division, wanting unity.'?
Juxtaposition
Parallelism
Hyperbole
Understatement
Tags
CCSS.L.4.5
CCSS.L.5.5
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is the purpose of using euphemism in a text?
To use a mild or pleasant word instead of an unpleasant or offensive one
To emphasize something
To simplify complex ideas
To add balance and rhythm
Tags
CCSS.L.9-10.5A
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which rhetorical device is used in the following sentence from Jesse Jackson's 1984 DNC Address: 'If, in my high moments, I have done some good, offered some service, shed some light, healed some wounds, rekindled some hope, or stirred someone from apathy and indifference, or in any way along the way helped somebody, then this campaign has not been in vain.'?
Parallelism
Epistrophe
Understatement
Oxymoron
Tags
CCSS.RL.2.4
CCSS.RL.7.4
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