Rhetorical Devices Quiz

What rhetorical device is used in the phrase, “he barely knows how the washer and dryer work in the apartment we’ve lived in for over eight months”?

• Allusion

• Hyperbole

• Polysyndeton

• Tricolon

Which rhetorical device does Grose use when referencing “the Eisenhower era” to highlight traditional gender roles?

• Tricolon

• Allusion

• Asyndeton

• Anaphora

In the sentence, “he changes the light bulbs, assembles the Ikea furniture, but he’s never scrubbed a toilet,” what rhetorical device is employed?

• Polysyndeton

• Hyperbole

• Tricolon

• Litotes

What rhetorical device is used in the phrase, “men cleaning is more than OK—cool even”?

• Litotes

• Allusion

• Anaphora

• Hyperbole

Which rhetorical device does Grose use in the phrase, “magazines, beef jerky wrappers, and empty soup cans”?

• Polysyndeton

• Asyndeton

• Tricolon

• Hyperbole

What rhetorical device is employed in the sentence, “mowing the lawn on sunny Saturdays, while moms are the ones doing the drudgery of vacuuming day in and day out”?

• Anaphora

• Hyperbole

• Polysyndeton

• Litotes

How does Grose emphasize inequality in housework through the phrase, “about 55 percent of American mothers employed full time do some housework on an average day, while only 18 percent of employed fathers do”?

• Anaphora

• Allusion

• Statistics

• Hyperbole

In the broader cultural critique, Grose references Louis C.K. and Ben Affleck. What rhetorical device is this an example of?

• Litotes

• Allusion

• Tricolon

• Hyperbole

What rhetorical device is evident in the contrast between “clipping the hedges on sunny Saturdays” and “doing the drudgery of vacuuming day in and day out”?

• Polysyndeton

• Asyndeton

• Juxtaposition

• Anaphora

When Grose writes that cleaning is “very much women’s work,” which rhetorical device does she use to challenge societal expectations?

• Hyperbole

• Tricolon

• Litotes

• Allusion