Rhetorical Devices

Rhetorical Devices

10th Grade

17 Qs

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Rhetorical Devices

Rhetorical Devices

Assessment

Quiz

English

10th Grade

Medium

CCSS
L.4.5, RL.2.4, W.11-12.2D

+20

Standards-aligned

Created by

Olivia Vila

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17 questions

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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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