Identifying Rhetorical Devices

Which of these Rhetorical Devices does this best represent?

• Ethos

• Pathos

• Logos

• Kairos

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

Which of these Rhetorical Devices does this best represent?

• Ethos

• Pathos

• Logos

• Kairos

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

The following is an example of which type of rhetorical device?
There are roaches infesting the office of a pest control service.

• Personification 

• Juxtaposition

• Irony

• Paradox

The following is an example of which kind of rhetorical device?
Anger is a monster waiting to devour happiness.

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Oxymoron

• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

The following is an example of which rhetorical device?
Bill is a cheerful pessimist.

• Irony

• Oxymoron

• Paradox

• Metaphor

The following is an example of which rhetorical device?
Sometimes paddling upstream is smoother than flowing with the current.

• Irony

• Paradox

• Hyperbole

• Pun

The following is an example of which rhetorical device?
The fog crept through doorways and keyholes.

• Irony

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

The following is an example of which kind of rhetorical device?
Jack is like a squirrel

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Juxtaposition

• Oxymoron

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

The following is an example of which kind of rhetorical device?
How many people die from lung cancer each year? About 157,423 people die from lung cancer each year.

• Rhetorical question

• Oxymoron

• Hypophora

• Irony

The following is an example of which rhetorical device?
All’s fair in love and war. 

• Metaphor 

• Pun

• Rhetorical question

• Juxtaposition

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B