Rhetorical Device Vocab Quiz / Speech & Debate

1. Which word below means " presents several facts in order from least to most important"?

• climatic word order
• anaphora
• epistrophe
• parallelism
• opposites

2. Which word below means "putting contrasting elements together that are so unlike that the effect is surprising, witty, startling and clever"? Exp: That's one small step for man; one giant leap for mankind.

• juxtaposition
• anaphora
• epistrophe
• parallelism
• opposites

3. "See no evil; hear no evil; speak no evil" is an example of which rhetorical device?

• epistrophe
• anaphora
• parallelism
• opposites
• reversal

4. Which term is the repeated use of a phrase or word at the beginning of successive clauses? Exp. MLK's "I Have a Dream Speech"

• anaphora
• epistrophe
• parallelism
• opposites
• reversal

5. Repeating words or phrases in a reverse order is an example of which rhetorical device?

• reversal
• anaphora
• epistrophe
• parallelism
• opposites

6. Jumbo Shrimp, Authentic Fake Watches, and Tragic Comedy are all examples of which rhetorical device?

• oxymoron
• anaphora
• epistrophe
• parallelism
• opposites

7. Saying "it's only a scratch" after losing a limb is an example of which rhetorical device?

• understatement
• anaphora
• epistrophe
• parallelism
• opposites

8. An appeal to one's sense of sight, touch, smell, hearing, and taste by using vivid words and figurative language to create a mental picture is called ___________.

• imagery
• anaphora
• epistrophe
• parallelism
• opposites

9. Students hate the cell phone policy, but teachers love it is an example of which rhetorical device?

• opposites
• anaphora
• epistrophe
• parallelism
• reversal

10. "... a government of the people, by the people, for the people" is an example of which rhetorical device that repeats the grammatical structure in a pair or series of related words, phrases or clauses?

• parallelism
• anaphora
• epistrophe
• opposites
• reversal