Rhetorical Devices in Speech
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
3 mins • 1 pt
a short personal story used to connect with the audience and add evidence
or credibility
anecdote
allegory
alliteration
allusion
Tags
CCSS.RI. 9-10.8
CCSS.RI.11-12.5
CCSS.RI.11-12.8
CCSS.RI.8.8
CCSS.RI.9-10.5
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
3 mins • 1 pt
a story, picture, or other work that uses symbolic figures, objects or actions to
convey truth. The purpose is to explain an idea or principle
anecdote
allegory
alliteration
allusion
Tags
CCSS.L.4.5
CCSS.L.5.5
CCSS.RL.2.4
CCSS.RL.7.4
CCSS.L.6.5
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
3 mins • 1 pt
The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of words
close by to one another
anecdote
allegory
alliteration
allusion
Tags
CCSS.L.4.5
CCSS.L.5.5
CCSS.RL.2.4
CCSS.RL.7.4
CCSS.L.6.5
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
3 mins • 1 pt
when an author refers to something from history, culture, or literature, and it
is up to the reader to pick up on that reference and understand it
anecdote
allegory
alliteration
allusion
Tags
CCSS.L.7.5A
CCSS.RI.8.4
CCSS.RL.8.4
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
3 mins • 1 pt
a comparison between two things
analogy
anaphora
antithesis
connotation
Tags
CCSS.W.11-12.2D
CCSS.L.6.5B
CCSS.L.8.5B
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
3 mins • 1 pt
a type of repetition in which the same words are repeated at the beginning
of sentences or clauses
analogy
anaphora
antithesis
connotation
Tags
CCSS.RL.2.4
CCSS.RL.7.4
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
3 mins • 1 pt
a figure of speech in which an opposition or contrast of ideas is expressed by
putting opposite words close together, such as “hatred stirs up strife, but love covers all
sins”
analogy
anaphora
antithesis
connotation
Tags
CCSS.L.4.5
CCSS.L.5.5
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