Rhetorical I

What is a rhetorical device primarily used for?

• To win an audience to their side

• To confuse the audience

• To entertain with no purpose

• To simplify complex concepts

Which of the following is an example of hyperbole?

• Life is like a box of chocolates.

• The plate exploded into a million pieces.

• She sells seashells by the sea shore.

• He was a wolf among sheep.

What rhetorical device uses repetition at the beginning of words?

• Anaphora

• Simile

• Alliteration

• Metaphor

Which rhetorical device is used to imitate the sound it refers to?

• Hyperbole

• Onomatopoeia

• Metaphor

• Analogy

What does an oxymoron combine?

• Two similar words

• Two opposite words together

• A series of unrelated words

• Words of the same sound

Which device is used to criticize public figures with humor?

• Paradox

• Irony

• Euphemism

• Satire

What is the purpose of a rhetorical question?

• To end a conversation

• To make the audience think

• To confuse the listener

• To get a direct answer

Which rhetorical device is a brief story about something interesting or funny?

• Aphorism

• Anecdote

• Euphemism

• Parody

What does personification do?

• Uses opposite terms together

• Gives human traits to non-human things

• Describes sound with words

• Compares two things directly

Which device refers to using parallel sentences or clauses to make a contrast?

• Antithesis

• Apostrophe

• Climax

• Metonymy