Rhetorical Devices English I

Identify the rhetorical devices used in the following sentence: "For no government is better than the men who compose it, and I want the best, and we need the best, and we deserve the best."- John F. Kennedy

• anaphora

• epistrophe

• hyperbole

• apposition

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Identify the rhetorical device used in the following sentence:

• antithesis

• litotes

• epistrophe

• anaphora

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

Identify the rhetorical device used in the following sentence: I'm so hungry I could eat a horse.

• hyperbole

• anaphora

• apposition

• litotes

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Identify the rhetorical device used in the following sentence: “Speech is silver, but silence is gold.”

• apposition

• antithesis

• epistrophe

• anaphora

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

What is a rhetorical question?

• A question that does NOT need to be answered.

• A random question asked in adverts.

• A question that NEEDS to be answered.

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.8

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.11-12.8

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

What is a rhetorical question?

• It's what you call a turkey after you turn it inside out and stuff it full of applesauce

• It's a question that you're expecting an answer from

• It's a type of dental floss

• It's a question that you ask to prove a point(no answer expected)

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

A rhetorical question _____________

• requires and answer

• Does not require an answer

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

Rhetorical questions are literal.

• True

• False

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CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

A rhetorical question is supposed to be...

• Funny

• Sad

• Confusing

• Obvious

Rhetorical questions are literal.

• True

• False

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4