Rhetorical Devices

Rhetorical Devices

11th Grade

20 Qs

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Rhetorical Devices

Rhetorical Devices

Assessment

Quiz

English

11th Grade

Medium

CCSS
L.4.5, RL.2.4, L.9-10.5A

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Gloria Zermeno

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20 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which literary device is characterized by the repetition of the same consonant sounds at the beginning of several words in close succession?

Hyperbole

Alliteration

Onomatopoeia

Simile

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the term for a figure of speech that combines two contradictory terms?

Metaphor

Irony

Oxymoron

Euphemism

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5A

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which literary device involves the use of exaggeration for emphasis or effect?

Analogy

Hyperbole

Meiosis

Understatement

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the name of the literary device that uses 'like' or 'as' to make a comparison between two different things?

Metaphor

Simile

Anecdote

Paradox

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which literary device is an indirect reference to a person, place, thing, or idea of historical, cultural, literary, or political significance?

Allusion

Pun

Satire

Irony

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What literary device is used to give human characteristics to non-human objects or abstract ideas?

Simile

Metaphor

Personification

Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which literary device involves a play on words, often achieved through the use of words with similar sounds but different meanings?

Metonymy

Pun

Oxymoron

Alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

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