Rhetorical Devices & Author's Purpose Review

What rhetorical device involves the repetition of a syntactic construction in successive sentences for rhetorical effect?

• hyperbole

• parallelism

• anecdote

• metaphor

Which rhetorical device is defined as a short story that is significant to the topic at hand?

• allusion

• anecdote

• rhetorical question

• simile

What is the term for a comparison between two unlike things that does NOT use signal words like 'like' or 'as'?

• metaphor

• simile

• analogy

• onomatopoeia

What rhetorical device is used when a speaker explains the opponent's argument and points out the flaws in it?

• call to action

• counterclaim/rebuttal

• repetition

• allusion

Which rhetorical device exaggerates facts for the sake of emphasis?

• metaphor

• simile

• hyperbole

• personification

Which rhetorical device is used to ask a question to make a point rather than to solicit an answer?

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• rhetorical question

• alliteration

What is the term for the use of words that imitate the sounds associated with the objects or actions they refer to?

• Onomatopoeia

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Alliteration

True or False:

The call to action is the comparison of two otherwise unlike things based on resemblance of a particular aspect.

• true

• false

True or False:

An allusion is a reference (explicit or indirect) to a person, place, or event, or to another literary work.

• true

• false

True or False:

A simile is a comparison between unlike things using "like" or "as."

• true

• false