Rhetorical Devices

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10th Grade
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Olivia Vila
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Excerpt:
"I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed... I have a dream that one day... I have a dream today!"
— Martin Luther King Jr.
What rhetorical device is primarily used in the excerpt?
Antithesis
Repetition
Parallelism
Imagery
Tags
CCSS.RL.2.4
CCSS.RL.7.4
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Excerpt:
"Ask not what your country can do for you—ask what you can do for your country."
— John F. Kennedy
What rhetorical device is exemplified in this quote?
Loaded Language
Parallelism
Metaphor
Irony
Tags
CCSS.L.4.5
CCSS.L.5.5
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
"Let both sides explore what problems unite us instead of belaboring those problems which divide us."
— John F. Kennedy
What rhetorical device is exemplified in this quote?
Diction
Allusion
Irony
Hyperbole
Tags
CCSS.L.7.5A
CCSS.RI.8.4
CCSS.RL.8.4
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
"We shall not surrender, and even if... we shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds..."
— Winston Churchill
What rhetorical device is exemplified in this quote?
Anaphora
Antithesis
Imagery
Hyperbole
Tags
CCSS.RL.2.4
CCSS.RL.7.4
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
"I’ve told you a million times not to exaggerate!"
— Unknown
What rhetorical device is exemplified in this quote?
Anaphora
Antithesis
Imagery
Hyperbole
Tags
CCSS.L.11-12.5A
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times..."
— Charles Dickens
What rhetorical device is exemplified in this quote?
Irony
Antithesis
Parallelism
Imagery
Tags
CCSS.L.4.5
CCSS.L.5.5
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
"The sun shone brightly upon the golden fields of wheat."
— Unknown
What rhetorical device is exemplified in this quote?
Irony
Antithesis
Parallelism
Imagery
Tags
CCSS.L.4.5
CCSS.L.5.5
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