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Exploring Rhetorical Devices in Speeches

Authored by Elizabeth Rauscher

English

10th Grade

CCSS covered

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Exploring Rhetorical Devices in Speeches
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which rhetorical device is defined as the repetition of the same word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses or sentences?

Metaphor

Anaphora

Alliteration

Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the main purpose of using a rhetorical question in a speech?

To provide factual information

To provoke thought without expecting an answer

To summarize the main idea

To introduce a new topic

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which rhetorical device is used in the following quote from Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech: "Let freedom ring from the hilltops of New Hampshire. Let freedom ring from the mighty mountains of New York..."?

Simile

Anaphora

Irony

Allusion

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the term for a direct comparison between two unlike things using "like" or "as"?

Metaphor

Simile

Personification

Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which device is being used in the phrase "government of the people, by the people, for the people" from Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address?

Alliteration

Parallelism

Metonymy

Antithesis

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the purpose of using alliteration in a speech?

To create a musical effect and make phrases memorable

To compare two things directly

To exaggerate for emphasis

To provide factual evidence

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.L.6.5

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the main function of using antithesis in a speech?

To create contrast between two ideas

To repeat the same word at the end of clauses

To exaggerate for effect

To provide background information

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

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