Rhetorical Devices Quiz

What type of Rhetorical Device is this sentence using?

"If we don't leave this place soon, we'll be yelling for help."

• Logos

• Pathos

• Ethos

• Karios

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

Use of words to mean the opposite of their meaning

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

Which rhetorical device is being used in the following statement?

"Life is a journey, not a destination."

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personification

• Anaphora

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

What rhetorical device is exemplified by the repetition of the initial consonant sounds in the following phrase?

"Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers."

• Alliteration

• Onomatopoeia

• Hyperbole

• Metonymy

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Which rhetorical device is illustrated by the use of 'like' or 'as' to make a comparison?

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Hyperbole

• Oxymoron

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

What rhetorical device is used when an inanimate object is given human characteristics?

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personification

• Irony

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

What rhetorical device is used to create a deliberate exaggeration for emphasis?

• Metonymy

• Hyperbole

• Irony

• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

What rhetorical device is used when two opposite ideas are put together in a sentence to achieve a contrasting effect?

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Oxymoron

• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5A

An indirect reference to something (usually a literary text, although it can be other things commonly known, such as plays, songs, historical events) with which the reader is supposed to be familiar.

• Antecedent

• Aphorism

• Allusion

• Anecdote

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

A writer's word choice

• Didactic

• Comic relief

• Euphemism

• Diction

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D