Rhetorical Devices

Front

“She was as fast as lighting” is a sentence that uses which rhetorical device? Options: Metaphor, Simile, Climax, Alliteration

Back

Simile

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Front

Which of the following is an example of an anaphora?

• They want money. We need money. Nobody has money.
• Peter picked a peck of pickled peppers
• Fish swim. Fish eat. Fish splash.
• What do you mean?

Back

Fish swim. Fish eat. Fish splash.

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Front

What is the function of a rhetorical question?

Back

to make the reader reflect on something

Front

Who wouldn’t want to see The Great Wall of China?

Back

Rhetorical question

Front

What rhetorical device is used in the sentence: "He lost his car, his job and his house."? Options: Parallelism, Inversion, Climax, Neologism.

Back

Climax

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Front

Identify the literary device in the phrase: "Out in a lovely, lovely country town." Options: Repetition, Parallelism, Climax, Anaphora.

Back

Repetition

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Front

What is the literary device used in the sentence: "I am going to visit my grandma (my dad's mom) today."?

Back

Parenthesis

Front

What literary device is used in the sentence: "My mother makes me happy."?

Back

Alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Front

Another expression for "exaggeration" is "euphemism".

Back

Wrong

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5A