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Analysing Rhetorical Devices (HS)

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 30mins

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Class
Date
1.

Lesson-26: Analyzing Rhetorical Devices


Question 1:

A reference in a work of literature to a character, place, or situation from history, music, or another work of literature.

a)

anaphora

b)

foreshadowing

c)

allusion

2.

Lesson-26: Analyzing Rhetorical Devices


Question 2:

A comparison between two things [Simile/Metaphor/Personification]

a)

allusion

b)

analogy

c)

aphorism

3.

Lesson-26: Analyzing Rhetorical Devices


Question 3:

Repetition of successive lines in separate sentences of phrases in a text.

a)

aphorism

b)

anecdote

c)

anaphora

4.

Lesson-26: Analyzing Rhetorical Devices


Question 4:

A writer's choice of words; an important element in the writer's voice or style.

a)

diction

b)

vernacular

c)

examples

5.

Lesson-26: Analyzing Rhetorical Devices


Question 5:

A reflection of a writer's or a speaker's attitude toward the subject matter.

a)

tone

b)

diction

c)

examples

6.

Lesson-26: Analyzing Rhetorical Devices


Question 6:

A question that is asked without expecting an answer.

a)

rhetorical question

b)

allusion

c)

persuasion

7.

Lesson-26: Analyzing Rhetorical Devices


Question 7:

The recurrence of sounds, words, phrases, lines, or stanzas in a speech.

a)

repetition

b)

rhetorical question

c)

parallelism

8.

Lesson-26: Analyzing Rhetorical Devices


Question 8:

Writing, usually nonfiction, that influences the reader.

a)

ethos

b)

persuasion

c)

repetition

9.

Lesson-26: Analyzing Rhetorical Devices


Question 9:

The technique or skill of persuading through your choice of words is which of the following rhetorical devices?

a)

Alliteration

b)

Metaphor

c)

Rhetorical

10.

Lesson-26: Analyzing Rhetorical Devices


Question 10:

A similarity between like features of two things, on which a comparison may be based is which of the following rhetorical devices?

a)

Simile

b)

Invective

c)

Analogy