Rhetorical Devices Quiz

Which rhetorical device involves placing two concepts, characters, ideas, or places near or next to each other so that the audience can compare and contrast them?

• Metaphor

• Juxtaposition

• Hyperbole

• Antithesis

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

What rhetorical device uses exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally?

• Imagery

• Irony

• Hyperbole

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

Which rhetorical device is a figure of speech in which a thing, an idea or an animal is given human attributes?

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Repetition

• Parallelism

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

What rhetorical device is used when the same words or phrases are repeated a few times to make an idea clearer and more memorable?

• Imagery

• Repetition

• Hyperbole

• Irony

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Which rhetorical device contrasts two opposing ideas in adjacent phrases, clauses, or sentences?

• Juxtaposition

• Metaphor

• Antithesis

• Parallelism

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

What rhetorical device involves the use of vivid or figurative language to represent objects, actions, or ideas?

• Imagery

• Hyperbole

• Irony

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Which rhetorical device is a figure of speech that identifies something as being the same as some unrelated thing for rhetorical effect, thus highlighting the similarities between the two?

• Metaphor

• Juxtaposition

• Hyperbole

• Antithesis

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

What rhetorical device involves the expression of one's meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite, typically for humorous or emphatic effect?

• Imagery

• Irony

• Hyperbole

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

Which rhetorical device is characterized by the use of similar patterns of words to show that two or more ideas have the same level of importance?

• Repetition

• Parallelism

• Hyperbole

• Irony

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

Identify the rhetorical device: "The ancient house was bathed in the golden light of the setting sun, its broken windows sparkling like jewels."

• Metaphor

• Imagery

• Hyperbole

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5