Rhetorical Devices STAAR

Rhetorical Devices STAAR

KG - University

20 Qs

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Rhetorical Devices STAAR

Rhetorical Devices STAAR

Assessment

Quiz

English

KG - University

Practice Problem

Hard

CCSS
L.4.6, L.4.5, RI.11-12.5

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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.1.3

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.K.3

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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

assonance
repetition
alliteration
restatement

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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.RI.3.6

CCSS.RL.3.6

CCSS.RL.4.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

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