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WorksheetsRhetorical Devices
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
language that appeals to your senses...
allusion
parallelism
concrete
personification
repetition of consonant sounds.
onomatapoeia
alliteration
allusion
concrete
giving human qualities to an inanimate object...
parallelism
concrete
audience contact
personification
combining differing ideas in the same sentence; also opposites...
personification
contrast
onomatopoeia
climax ordering
restating words and phrases for emphasis...
climax ordering
alliteration
parallelism
repetition
language that includes your listeners and conveys your respect to them...
audience contact
climax ordering
parallelism
concrete
using elements in sentences that are grammatically similar or identical in structure, sound, meaning, or meter...
climax ordering
onomatopoeia
alliteration
parallelism
presenting specific details in order of increasing importance...
contrast
climax ordering
parallelism
onomatopoeia
a figure of speech that makes a reference to a place, person, or event...
alliteration
personification
allusion
audience contact
use of words that sound like the thing they stand for...
personification
onomatopoeia
alliteration
allusion
"Sorry, Charlie. StarKist wants tuna that tastes good, not tuna with good taste."
Allusion
Concrete
Alliteration
Contrast
"Let a man acknowledge his obligations to himself, his family, his country, and his God."
Alliteration
Parallelism
Concrete
Onomatopoeia
"Suffer not yourselves to be betrayed with a kiss."
Onomatopoeia
Personification
Contrast
Allusion
"Fair is foul, and foul is fair."
Repetition
Climax Ordering
Personification
Alliteration
"Some men see things as they are and say why. I dream things that never were and say why not."
Onomatopoeia
Allusion
Contrast
Personification
"Fair is foul, and foul is fair."
Repetition
Audience Contact
Contrast
Concrete
"I listen vainly, but with thirsty ear."
Allusion
Personification
Onomatopoeia
Contrast
Watch out for him, ladies...he's a Romeo!
Personification
Alliteration
Concrete
Allusion
"Let us go forth to lead the land we love."
Allusion
Contrast
Alliteration
Repetition
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...
personification
ethos
pathos
logos
