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Rhetorical Devices Quiz

Authored by Kelly Eleneski

English

9th Grade

CCSS covered

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Rhetorical Devices Quiz
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the repetition of the same sound at the beginning of several words in a sentence or phrase called? (ex: "Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers")

Anaphora

Alliteration

Metaphor

Simile

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.L.6.5

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which rhetorical device involves repeating a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses or sentences? (Ex: "Every day I wake up, every day I study, every day I grow")

Antithesis

Juxtaposition

Anaphora

Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Media Image

What is a contrast or opposition between two ideas or phrases, often used to highlight differences?

Metaphor

Antithesis

Simile

Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which rhetorical device is a comparison between two unlike things without using 'like' or 'as'? (Ex: "Life is a roller coaster"; or comparing Lincoln to a pine tree in the poem "Lincoln")

Simile

Metaphor

Hyperbole

Imagery

Tags

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.L.7.6

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is a comparison between two unlike things using 'like' or 'as'? (Ex: "Her eyes sparkled like diamonds")

Metaphor

Simile

Juxtaposition

Inference

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which device uses similar structures in two or more phrases or clauses to create a rhythm or pattern? (Ex: "These roots swept, knotted fibrous roots, prying, piercing, seeking...")

Parallelism

Pathos

Logos

Ethos

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Media Image

What is the term for giving human qualities or characteristics to non-human things or abstract ideas?

Personification

Imagery

Hyperbole

Anaphora

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

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