WorksheetsRhetorical Devices
Total questions: 26
Worksheet time: 17mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
(n.) the rhetorical contrast of ideas by means of parallel arrangements of words
a)
Antithesis
b)
Colloquialism
c)
Diction
d)
Hyperbole
2.
(n.) reason or intellect; in the context of an appeal to the mind or understanding
a)
Logos
b)
Metaphor
c)
Paradox
d)
Parallelism
3.
(n.) the fact of being similar in development or form
a)
Mood
b)
Narrative
c)
Paradox
d)
Parallelism
4.
(n.) a feeling or attitude expressed by the words that someone uses in speaking or writing
a)
Subject
b)
Syntax
c)
Tone
d)
Trope
5.
(n.) a quality or writing or speaking that evokes pity or sadness
a)
Passive Voice
b)
Pathos
c)
Redundancy
d)
Refutation
6.
(n.) the art or skill of speaking or writing formally and effectively, especially as a way to persuade or influence people
a)
Refutation
b)
Rhetoric
c)
Simile
d)
Subject
7.
Identify the rhetorical device in the following quote from Brutus's funeral speech:
"Had you rather Caesar were living, and die all slaves, than that Caesar were dead, to live all free men?" (III.ii.24-26)
"Had you rather Caesar were living, and die all slaves, than that Caesar were dead, to live all free men?" (III.ii.24-26)
a)
Metaphor
b)
Simile
c)
Onomatopoeia
d)
Rhetorical question
8.
Clauses that may begin each phrase of a piece the same(ex: Alice ran into the room, into the garden, and into our hearts)
a)
Antithesis
b)
Parallelism
c)
Allusion
d)
Rhetorical question
9.
Two opposite ideas in the same sentence (ie "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times...")
a)
Allusion
b)
Rhetorical Question
c)
Loaded language
d)
Antithesis
10.
A question used for effect rather than response (ex: Sure! Why not?)
a)
Rhetorical question
b)
Parallelism
c)
Antithesis
d)
Repetition
11.
Toward the end of the speech, King refers to his own family. For what purpose?
a)
to connect with the audience as a fellow parent (ethos)
b)
to show everyone how well he raised his children
c)
to get white members of the audience to feel guilty (pathos)
d)
to brag about his children's accomplishments
12.
"Now is the time to rise from the dark and desolate valley of segregation to the sunlit path of racial justice. Now is the time to lift our nation from the quicksands of racial injustice to the solid rock of brotherhood. Now is the time to make justice a reality for all of God's children." The predominant rhetorical device used her is...
a)
simile
b)
alliteration
c)
anaphora
d)
extended metaphor
13.
What rhetorical device is illustrated in the example below?
"...as evidenced by their presence today, have to come to realize their destiny is tied up with our destiny."
"...as evidenced by their presence today, have to come to realize their destiny is tied up with our destiny."
a)
metaphor
b)
parallelism
c)
allusion
d)
alliteration
14.
"marvelous new militancy" and "sweltering summer" are both examples of...
a)
metaphor
b)
simile
c)
anaphora
d)
alliteration
15.
"Contrast by a reverse parallelism" is known as...
a)
Dinumeration
b)
Erotesis
c)
Chiasmus
d)
Macrology
16.
The repetition of word or phrase at End of sentences or paragraphs.
a)
Apostrophe
b)
Ethos
c)
Alliterative Couplet
d)
Epistrophe
17.
Omission of the conjunctions ("ands"/"or") that ordinarily joins a list (as in “I came, I saw, I conquered”).
a)
Polysyndeton
b)
Asyndeton
c)
Anaphora
d)
Polygon
18.
The repetition of conjunctions ("and" "or") in close succession for rhetorical effect (Bring you notebook and your pen and your binder and your markers and your text.)
a)
Polysyndeton
b)
Asyndeton
c)
Anaphora
d)
Rhetorical Question
19.
A series of THREE parallel words, phrases, or clauses. It's a simple enough structure, yet potentially a powerful one.
a)
Anaphora
b)
Repetition
c)
Triangle
d)
Tricolon
20.
When listing, keeping the listed items in the same structure or form.
a)
Simile
b)
Tricolon
c)
Parallelism
d)
Anaphora
21.
The day after Pearl Harbor, my grandfather signed up for duty, joined Patton's army, marched across
Europe. This sentence includes the following
Europe. This sentence includes the following
a)
Polysyndeton, Metaphor
b)
Anaphora, Tricolon, Simile
c)
Asyndeton, Tricolon, Parallelism
d)
Rhetorical Questions, Allusion
22.
Writer/speaker uses logic, facts, statistics to persuade.
a)
Pathos
b)
Ethos
c)
Ithos
d)
Logos
23.
Writer/speaker gets emotion going, pulls on the heart strings, makes emotional connection to persuade (feel patriotic, scared, hopeful, nostalgic).
a)
Prontos
b)
Pathos
c)
Logos
d)
Ergos
24.
Writer/speaker establishes credibility, authority, moral character to help persuade.
a)
Ethos
b)
Logos
c)
Pathos
d)
Orthos
25.
"I am a student, a leader, an athlete, a friend." This sentence includes a:
a)
Polysyndeton
b)
Aysndeton
c)
Anaphora
d)
Tricolon
26.
Def: two or more clauses are related to each other through a reversal of structures in order to make a larger point
a)
metonymy
b)
chiasmus
c)
apostrophe
d)
asyndeton
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