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Rhetorical Devices Quiz

Authored by Susan Emerick

English

10th Grade

CCSS covered

Used 11+ times

Rhetorical Devices Quiz
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

A comparison used for the purpose of explaining or clarifying some unfamiliar or difficult idea by showing how it is similar to some familiar one.

analogy

metaphor

simile

metonymy

Tags

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.L.6.5B

CCSS.L.8.5B

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

An appeal based on emotion

ethos

pathos

bathos

logos

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The use of non-literal language, including simile, metaphor, personification, irony, allusion, etc.

literary language

artistry

"fluff"

figurative language

Tags

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.L.8.6

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The use of language to create sensory impressions or specific responses to people, objects, events, or situations in a literary work

figurative language

synesthesia

imagery

exposition

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

An appeal based on logic

ethos

logos

pathos

athos

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The explanation of a word's/term's meaning to make an argument or arrive at a conclusion

definition

denotation

logos

connotation

Tags

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.L.8.6

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

A recurring structure or idea used in non-fiction to develop the author's position (the equivalent of "motif" in fiction)

motif

theme

analogy

anecdote

Tags

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

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