Rhetoric Devices Quiz

What is the rhetoric device where words in a sentence start with the same sound?

• rhyme

• assonance

• alliteration

• consonance

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Which rhetoric device is used to compare two different things without using 'like' or 'as'?

• Personification

• Hyperbole

• Metaphor

• Simile

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.W.5.2D

In the sentence 'He is as brave as a lion', what rhetoric device is being used?

• Personification

• Hyperbole

• Metaphor

• Simile

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Which rhetoric device involves extreme exaggeration for emphasis?

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• understatement

• irony

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

What is the rhetoric device where human qualities are attributed to non-human things?

• humanization

• non-humanization

• personification

• anthropomorphism

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.10

CCSS.RI.4.10

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

What is the term for words that imitate the sound they represent?

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

Give an example of alliteration.

• Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.

• Sally sells seashells by the seashore.

• The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.

• Mary had a little lamb.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Provide a metaphor for 'The world is a stage.'

• The world is a playground.

• The world is a zoo.

• The world is a circus.

• Life is a stage.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Identify the simile in the sentence: 'Her smile was like sunshine.'

• Her smile was like a waterfall.

• Her smile was like sunshine.

• Her smile was like a snowflake.

• Her smile was like a rainbow.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

In the sentence 'The wind whispered through the trees', what rhetoric device is being used?

• Simile

• Alliteration

• Personification

• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A