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WorksheetsRhetorical Devices ENG 2
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 50mins
The following are examples of what rhetorical device:
- Original copy
- Disgustingly delicious
- Small crowd
Hyperbole
Oxymoron
Metaphor
Repetition
Name the rhetorical device.
“During the holidays, she acted like a Scrooge, purchasing presents only for herself.”
Irony
Simile
Personification
Allusion
Name the rhetorical device.
“We’ve got the iPod, best music player in the world. We’ve got the iPod Nanos, brand new models, colors are back. We’ve got the amazing new iPod Shuffle.”
Anaphora
Metaphor
Oxymoron
Euphemism
Name the rhetorical device.
"We have seen the state of our Union in the endurance of rescuers, working past exhaustion. We've seen the unfurling of flags, the lighting of candles, the giving of blood, the saying of prayers -- in English, Hebrew, and Arabic.”
Simile
Metaphor
Parallelism
Personification
Name the rhetorical device.
- “Sanitation engineer”
- “Pre-owned vehicle”
- “Economically disadvantaged”
Allusion
Euphemism
Epistrophe
Rhetorical Question
Name the rhetorical device.
“Ladies and Gentlemen, this is your captain speaking. We have a small problem. All four engines have stopped. We are doing our damnedest to get them going again. I trust you are not in too much distress.”
Metaphor
Oxymoron
Understatement
Personification
Name the rhetorical device.
"I'll love you, dear, I'll love you till China and Africa meet,
And the river jumps over the mountain
And the salmon sing in the street,
I'll love you till the ocean
Is folded and hung up to dry
And the seven stars go squawking
Like geese about the sky.”
Simile
Hyperbole
Juxtaposition
Repetition
Name the rhetorical device.
"Don't you ever talk about my friends! You don't know any of my friends. You don't look at any of my friends. And you certainly wouldn't condescend to speak to any of my friends.”
Epistrophe
Alliteration
Understatement
Verbal Irony
Name 2 rhetorical devices.
"We find ourselves rich in goods but ragged in spirit, reaching with magnificent precision for the moon but falling into raucous discord on earth. We are caught in war, wanting peace. We're torn by division, wanting unity.”
Juxtaposition
Metaphor
Allusion
Parallelism
Name 3 rhetorical devices.
O“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair…
Parallelism
Juxtaposition
Personification
Anaphora
Epistrophe
