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SAT Rhetorical

Authored by Sarah Williams

English

12th Grade

CCSS covered

SAT Rhetorical
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Match the definition to the rhetorical device: deliberate exaggeration for persuasive effect.

characterization

euphemism

aphorism

hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Match the definition to the rhetorical device: a deliberate reversal of expectations in order to surprise a reader.

aphorism

euphemism

parallelism

irony

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Match the definition to the rhetorical device: an application of a word or phrase to something it doesn't literally apply to.

aphorism

simile

metaphor

irony

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Match the definition to the rhetorical device: the use of repeated grammatical form to emphasize a point.

aphorism

euphemism

parallelism

irony

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Match the definition to the rhetorical device: the attribution of personal qualities to something that it not a person.

personification

simile

metaphor

irony

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

1 min • 1 pt

Match the definition to the rhetorical device: a comparison using like or as.

personification

simile

metaphor

irony

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Match the definition to the rhetorical device: encourages the reader to complete a point by suggesting that it is less significant than it obviously is.

aphorism

understatement

parallelism

irony

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

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