Rhetorical Devices

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11th Grade
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Gloria Zermeno
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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
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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
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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
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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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