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Rhetorical Devices

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

language that appeals to your senses...

a)

allusion

b)

parallelism

c)

concrete

d)

personification

2.

repetition of consonant sounds.

a)

onomatapoeia

b)

alliteration

c)

allusion

d)

concrete

3.

giving human qualities to an inanimate object...

a)

parallelism

b)

concrete

c)

audience contact

d)

personification

4.

combining differing ideas in the same sentence; also opposites...

a)

personification

b)

contrast

c)

onomatopoeia

d)

climax ordering

5.

restating words and phrases for emphasis...

a)

climax ordering

b)

alliteration

c)

parallelism

d)

repetition

6.

language that includes your listeners and conveys your respect to them...

a)

audience contact

b)

climax ordering

c)

parallelism

d)

concrete

7.

using elements in sentences that are grammatically similar or identical in structure, sound, meaning, or meter...

a)

climax ordering

b)

onomatopoeia

c)

alliteration

d)

parallelism

8.

presenting specific details in order of increasing importance...

a)

contrast

b)

climax ordering

c)

parallelism

d)

onomatopoeia

9.

a figure of speech that makes a reference to a place, person, or event...

a)

alliteration

b)

personification

c)

allusion

d)

audience contact

10.

use of words that sound like the thing they stand for...

a)

personification

b)

onomatopoeia

c)

alliteration

d)

allusion

11.

"Sorry, Charlie. StarKist wants tuna that tastes good, not tuna with good taste."

a)

Allusion

b)

Concrete

c)

Alliteration

d)

Contrast

12.

"Let a man acknowledge his obligations to himself, his family, his country, and his God."

a)

Alliteration

b)

Parallelism

c)

Concrete

d)

Onomatopoeia

13.

"Suffer not yourselves to be betrayed with a kiss."

a)

Onomatopoeia

b)

Personification

c)

Contrast

d)

Allusion

14.

"Fair is foul, and foul is fair."

a)

Repetition

b)

Climax Ordering

c)

Personification

d)

Alliteration

15.

"Some men see things as they are and say why. I dream things that never were and say why not."

a)

Onomatopoeia

b)

Allusion

c)

Contrast

d)

Personification

16.

"Fair is foul, and foul is fair."

a)

Repetition

b)

Audience Contact

c)

Contrast

d)

Concrete

17.

"I listen vainly, but with thirsty ear."

a)

Allusion

b)

Personification

c)

Onomatopoeia

d)

Contrast

18.

Watch out for him, ladies...he's a Romeo!

a)

Personification

b)

Alliteration

c)

Concrete

d)

Allusion

19.

"Let us go forth to lead the land we love."

a)

Allusion

b)

Contrast

c)

Alliteration

d)

Repetition

20.

Trying to convince your audience to buy a medical product by showing a man or women wearing a white coat and a stethoscope is an example of...

a)

personification

b)

ethos

c)

pathos

d)

logos