Pre-Test #1: Rhetorical Devices for Readers and Writers
Authored by Elmorris Hopkins
English
11th Grade
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is the definition of Alliteration?
Repetition of initial consonant sounds in a series of words.
An indirect reference to a person, place, event, or literary work.
Repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses.
Juxtaposing contrasting ideas in balanced phrases or clauses.
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CCSS.RL.11-12.4
CCSS.L.11-12.5
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which rhetorical device involves an indirect reference to a person, place, event, or literary work?
Alliteration
Allusion
Anaphora
Antithesis
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CCSS.RL.11-12.4
CCSS.L.11-12.5
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is an example of Anaphora?
Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.
He was a real Romeo with the ladies.
I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up... I have a dream today...
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.
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CCSS.RL.11-12.4
CCSS.L.11-12.5
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which rhetorical device is defined as "Juxtaposing contrasting ideas in balanced phrases or clauses"?
Alliteration
Allusion
Anaphora
Antithesis
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CCSS.L.11-12.5
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What does Apostrophe address?
Repetition of vowel sounds within nearby words.
An absent or imaginary person or a personified abstraction.
Informal language or slang used in everyday conversation.
The implied or associative meaning of a word beyond its literal definition.
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CCSS.RL.11-12.4
CCSS.L.11-12.5
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which example best illustrates Assonance?
Hear the mellow wedding bells.
O Death, where is thy sting?
Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country.
Gonna instead of going to.
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CCSS.RL.11-12.4
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is Chiasmus?
Repetition of initial consonant sounds in a series of words.
Reversing the structure of a phrase or sentence for effect.
Informal language or slang used in everyday conversation.
The choice of words and their use in writing.
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CCSS.RL.11-12.4
CCSS.L.11-12.5
CCSS.L.11-12.4
CCSS.L.11-12.3
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