Rhetorical Devices and Figures of Speech

Which rhetorical choice involves the omission of conjunctions between words, phrases, or clauses?

• Asyndeton

• Polysyndeton

• Anadiplosis

• Zeugma

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CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Analyze the following sentence and identify the rhetorical choice used: "She ran, jumped, laughed, and played."

• Polysyndeton

• Asyndeton

• Anadiplosis

• Zeugma

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CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Analyze the following sentence and identify the rhetorical choice: "He lost his coat and his temper."

• Zeugma

• Pun

• Epithet

• Invective

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CCSS.L.8.5A

Identify the rhetorical choice in the following example: "To err is human; to forgive, divine."

• Alliteration

• Chiasmus

• Metaphor

• Antithesis

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

figure of speech that uses a part to represent the whole

• metonymy

• synecdoche

• zeugma

• asyndeton

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CCSS.RL.11-12.4

A rhetorical device in which words, grammatical constructions, or concepts are repeated in reverse order, in the same form or modified, to emphasize a point

• zeugma

• chiasmus

• litotes

• juxtaposition

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

rhetorical device in which two opposing ideas are put together to achieve a contrasting effect

• litotes

• zeugma

• juxtaposition

• antithesis

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

a figure of speech in which a word applies to two other words in different senses or two others and semantically only suits one

• juxtaposition

• litotes

• chiasmus

• zeugma

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CCSS.L.1.5A

CCSS.L.1.5B

CCSS.L.K.5A

Which rhetorical device involves the repetition of the same word or group of words at the beginning of successive clauses?

• A) Anaphora

• B) Epistrophe

• C) Chiasmus

• D) Antithesis

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CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Identify the figure of speech in the following sentence: "The pen is mightier than the sword."

• A) Metaphor

• B) Simile

• C) Metonymy

• D) Synecdoche

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CCSS.RL.11-12.4