Rhetorical Techniques
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10th Grade
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
Name the rhetorical device present in the following quote. “Ladies and Gentlemen, this is your captain speaking. We have a small problem. All four engines have stopped. We are doing our damnedest to get them going again. I trust you are not in too much distress.”
Hyperbole
Metaphor
Personification
UNderstatement
Tags
CCSS.RL.11-12.6
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
An appeal to trust and ethics is an appeal to...
Tags
CCSS.RI.11-12.5
CCSS.RI.9-10.5
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
A __________________ is any stylistic device or resource of language that an author or speaker uses to help persuade or make a desired impact on his/her audience.
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CCSS.W.11-12.2D
CCSS.L.11-12.6
CCSS.L.9-10.6
CCSS.W.8.2D
CCSS.W.9-10.2D
4.
MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
When Neil Armstrong said, “That's one small step for man; one giant leap for mankind,” he was using which rhetorical device?
Parallelism
Oxymoron
Hyperbole
Juxtaposition
Tags
CCSS.L.4.5
CCSS.L.5.5
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
A comparison using like or as is called a...
Tags
CCSS.RI.8.4
CCSS.RI.9-10.4
CCSS.RI.9-10.4
CCSS.RI.11-12.4
CCSS.RI.7.4
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech starts many paragraphs with the title of the speech. This is an example of which kind of repetition?
Restatement
Metaphorical
Anaphora
Juxtaposition
Tags
CCSS.RL.2.4
CCSS.RL.7.4
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
When your friend is trying to convince you to do something and he says, “Come on, what’s the worst that could happen?” he’s using what kind of rhetorical device to try to convince you?
Tags
CCSS.L.9-10.5A
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