Rhetorical Devices Quiz

What is a simile?

• A comparison of two unlike things using like or as

• A brief and indirect reference to a person, place, thing or idea

• A comparison in which an idea is compared to another thing

• A reversal in the order of words in two parallel phrases

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Which literary device involves a brief and indirect reference to something of significance?

• Allusion

• Metaphor

• Anecdote

• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

What is the purpose of anaphora?

• To achieve an artistic effect or general rhythm

• To represent a part as a whole

• To compare and contrast ideas

• To exaggerate statements or claims

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Which device uses the repetition of initial consonant sounds?

• Chiasmus

• Epistrophe

• Rhyme

• Alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

What is asyndeton?

• Skipping one or more conjunctions

• A question not meant to be answered

• A short saying that expresses a general truth

• A comparison of objects without using like or as

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

Which of the following is an example of aphorism?

• Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

• Ask not what your country can do for you.

• The hungry, the tired, the poor.

• Broken homes, poverty, the hungry.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

What is the definition of chiasmus?

• A brief narrative focusing on a particular incident

• A reversal in the order of words in two otherwise parallel phrases

• A comparison of two unlike things using like or as

• A figure of speech where a part represents the whole

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Which literary device is a question not meant to be answered?

• Simile

• Analogy

• Antithesis

• Rhetorical question

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

What is antithesis?

• A short saying that expresses a general truth

• A comparison of objects or ideas without using like or as

• Having the opposite of a concept in a sentence to compare and contrast ideas

• A brief and indirect reference to a person, place, thing or idea

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

What is a tricolon?

• A figure of speech where a part represents the whole

• A brief narrative focusing on a particular incident

• A comparison of two unlike things using like or as

• A sentence consisting of three parts of equal importance and length

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4