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Rhetorical Devices

Total questions: 13

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What kind of Allusion is this?
a)
Literary
b)
Mythological
c)
Biblical 
d)
Historical
2.
What is the best definition of rhetoric?
a)
the ability to use Greek terms in persuasion
b)
the art of getting your message across and creating a persuasive argument
c)
the ability to write a good descriptive essay
d)
the art of body movement
3.
A __________________ is any stylistic device or resource of language that an author or speaker uses to help persuade or make a desired impact on his/her audience.
a)
Simile
b)
Rhetorical Device
c)
Rhetorical Appeal
d)
Allusion
4.

"You are easy on the eyes, but hard on the heart" is an example of:

a)

Metaphor

b)

Propaganda

c)

Antithesis

d)

Allusion

5.

"Are you working hard or hardly working?" is an example of:

a)

Chiasmus

b)

Antithesis

c)

Extended Metaphor

d)

Epistrophe

6.

"What made me take this trip to Africa? There is no quick explanation. Things got worse and worse and worse an pretty soon they were too complicated."

a)

Chiasmus

b)

Hypophora

c)

Parallelism

d)

Epistrophe

7.

“Hope is the thing with feathers

That perches in the soul,

And sings the tune – without the words,

And never stops at all," - Emily Dickinson

a)

Anaphora

b)

Simile

c)

Allusion

d)

Extended Metaphor

8.

My life is my purpose. My life is my goal. My life is my inspiration.”

a)

Anaphora

b)

Epistrophe

c)

Hypophora

d)

Allusion

9.

“This blessed plot, this earth, this realm, this England,

This nurse, this teeming womb of royal kings [. . .]

This land of such dear souls, this dear dear land,”

a)

Extended Metaphor

b)

Anaphora

c)

Epistrophe

d)

Ethos

10.

"The time for healing of the wounds has come.

The moment to bridge the chasms that divides us has come." - Nelson Mandela

a)

Antithesis

b)

Parallelism

c)

Epistrophe

d)

Anaphora

11.

"Bad men live that they may eat and drink; whereas good men eat and drink that they may live." - Socrates

a)

Chiasmus

b)

Hyperbole

c)

Imagery

d)

Allusion

12.

"better to reign in Hell, than serve in Heav'n" John Milton

a)

Antithesis

b)

Anaphora

c)

Metaphor

d)

Simile

13.

"What should young people do with their lives today? Many things, obviously. But the most daring thing is to create stable communities in which the terrible disease of loneliness can be cured." - Kurt Vonnegut

a)

Anaphora

b)

Imagery

c)

Hypophora

d)

Antithesis