Rhetorical Devices 8th Grade ELA
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6th - 8th Grade
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
When the canary keeled over, the coal miners left the cave.
alliteration
allusion
anaphora
antithesis
Tags
CCSS.RL.8.3
CCSS.RL.5.3
CCSS.RL.6.3
CCSS.RL.7.3
CCSS.RL.5.5
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
The typical teenage boy’s room is a disaster area.
The typical teenage boy’s room is a disaster area.
personification
hyperbole
metaphor
simile
Tags
CCSS.RI.7.5
CCSS.RI.8.5
CCSS.RI.5.5
CCSS.RI.6.5
CCSS.RI.9-10.5
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
A common real estate adage is "location, location, location".
antithesis
onomatopoeia
parallelism
rule of three
Tags
CCSS.RI.7.5
CCSS.RI.8.5
CCSS.RI.6.8
CCSS.RI.7.8
CCSS.RI.8.8
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Dad released a belch from the pit of his stomach.
Dad released a belch from the pit of his stomach.
metaphor
onomatopoeia
personification
simile
Tags
CCSS.RL.8.3
CCSS.RL.5.3
CCSS.RL.6.3
CCSS.RL.7.3
CCSS.RL.5.5
5.
MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
Winston Churchill's World War II speech: "We shall fight on the beaches. We shall fight on the landing grounds. We shall fight in the fields, and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills. We shall never surrender"
anaphora
antithesis
parallelism
hyperbole
Tags
CCSS.RL.8.3
CCSS.RL.2.6
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
"Fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, shame on me"
hyperbole
personification
parallelism
allusion
Tags
CCSS.RL.8.3
CCSS.RL.2.6
7.
MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
Last week, he was just fine. Yesterday, he was just fine. And today, he was just fine.
Last week, he was just fine. Yesterday, he was just fine. And today, he was just fine.
epistrophe
antithesis
parallelism
alliteration
Tags
CCSS.RL.8.3
CCSS.RL.5.3
CCSS.RL.6.3
CCSS.RL.7.3
CCSS.RL.9-10.3
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