Rhetorical Devices Quiz

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

Allusion

Metaphor

Anecdote

Hyperbole

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

Chiasmus

Epistrophe

Rhyme

Alliteration

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

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.

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

Simile

Analogy

Antithesis

Rhetorical question

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

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