Rhetorical Devices Quiz

Special patterns of words and ideas that create emphasis, stir emotion, or explain a concept; especially in speeches and other oral presentations.

• Allusion

• Analogy

• Rhetorical Device

• Rhetorical Question

When a writer asks a question for effect or to emphasize a point when no real answer is expected

• Rhetorical Question
• Rhetorical Device
• Analogy
• Allusion

A comparison in which an idea or a thing is compared to another thing that is quite different from it to explain some aspect of the first thing.

• Rhetorical Question

• Rhetorical Device

• Analogy

• Allusion

A comparison that describes an object or idea in a way that isn't literally true, but helps explain an idea or make a comparison. It states that one thing is another thing.

• Rhetorical Question

• Allusion

• Metaphor

• Restatement

When a writer references another work to increase their own credibility or make a point

• Rhetorical Question
• Allusion
• Parallelism
• Hyperbole

When a writer purposely exaggerates to emphasize a point

• Rhetorical Question
• Allusion
• Parallelism
• Hyperbole

A comparison that describes an object or idea in a way that isn't literally true, but helps explain an idea or make a comparison. It states that one thing is similar to another with the words 'like' or 'as'.

• Allusion

• Hyperbole

• Simile

• Restatement

When a writer intentionally repeats the same words or phrases a few times (at least three) to emphasize an idea and make it clearer

• Allusion
• Hyperbole
• Simile
• Restatement

When a writer shows how two things are the same or of equal importance

• Allusion
• Alliteration
• Parallelism
• Rhetorical Question

When a writer repeats the beginning sounds of words to draw attention to them

• Allusion

• Restatement

• Alliteration

• Rhetorical Question