Rhetorical Devices AP Language

Chose the device that matches the definition.

A literary, historical, religious, or mythological reference in a literary work

• allusion
• alliteration
• anaphora 
• logos

Tags

CCSS.RL.K.3

CCSS.RL.1.3

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

State the device used in the quote
"Sally sells seashells by the seashore."

• assonance
• repetition
• alliteration
• restatement

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.7.4

The specific word choice an author uses to persuade or convey tone, purpose or effect is _____________.

• denotation
• diction
• restatement
• speech

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.6

CCSS.RL.3.6

CCSS.RI.3.6

CCSS.RL.4.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

What does this appeal to?
"I work 300 days a year and make over 1,000,000 dollars annually with 15 different businesses."

• Fakeos
• Pathos
• Ethos
• Logos

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

What rhetorical device is being used?
"I'm so hungry I could eat a horse"

• hyperbole
• paradox
• superbole
• bias

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

What rhetorical device is being used?
"As a doctor, I am qualified to tell you that this course of treatment will likely generate the best results"

• logos
• Pathos
• Pogos
• Ethos

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

Chose the device that matches the definition.
Writing in praise of a dead person, most often inscribed upon a headstone

• Epitaph
• Eulogy
• Elegy
• Euphemism

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.W.5.2D

What does this appeal to?
"There’s no price that can be placed on peace of mind. Our advanced security systems will protect the well-being of your family so that you can sleep soundly at night."

• logos
• trumpos
• pathos
• ethos

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

What rhetorical device is being used?
"We will pass the STAAR test! We will achieve commended! We will celebrate by eating donuts!"

• anecdote
• alliteration
• paradox
• anaphora

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Chose the device that matches the definition.
Parallel structure in which the parallel elements are similar not only in grammatical structure, but also in length

• Isocolon
• Imagery
• Inference
• Identity

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.W.5.2D