Rhetorical Devices Quiz

Direct Address

Juxtaposition

Analogy

Hyperbole

To make complex ideas clearer to readers

To emphasize comparisons and contrasts

To engage readers and make them feel connected to the text and author

To provide background information

Placing extremely different ideas side by side

Using “you” to speak directly to the reader

Comparing two similar things

Exaggerating for effect

The confident stride of the first contestant beside the faltering steps of the second

You’ll be shocked to learn how much time you spend streaming TV shows

Placing an order with that company is like throwing a coin in a wishing well

The author’s attitude toward the subject and audience

By changing the topic of discussion

By affecting the writer’s attitude toward the subject and audience

By making the text longer

By removing all comparisons

Analogy

Direct Address

Juxtaposition

Irony

To make ideas clearer to readers

To engage readers directly

To emphasize comparisons and contrasts

To summarize the main idea

To create emphasis

To clarify ideas

To stir emotion

To provide statistical data

Juxtaposition

Analogy

Direct Address

Metaphor

By making the reader feel personally involved and more likely to accept the author’s point of view

By confusing the reader with complex language

By comparing two unrelated ideas

By emphasizing differences between ideas