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Intro to Rhetorical Devices

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 5hrs 0mins

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Class
Date
1.

Which is NOT one of the three main purposes of communication?

a)

To inform

b)

To persuade

c)

To question

d)

To entertain

2.

Which of the following is NOT a rhetorical appeal?

a)

Pathos

b)

Logos

c)

Ethos

d)

Legos

3.

Rhetorical Appeals are...

a)

the ways writers research their argument's purpose

b)

used to summarize an argument

c)

the ways writers attempt to persuade their audiences

d)

used primarily as scare tactics

4.

An allusion is...

a)

An explanation of a well-known person, book, song, event, and so forth.

b)

A magician's trick

c)

The repetition of a question

d)

A (usually indirect) reference to a well-known person, book, song, event, and so forth.

5.

Parallelism is...

a)

A fixed rhyme scheme at the end of a stanza

b)

The use of grammatically similar word groups in a sentence.

c)

The presentation of two opposing ideas.

d)

The repetition of a sound at the beginning of consecutive words

6.

Anaphora is...

a)

The repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of a series of sentences, clauses, or phrases

b)

The repetition of a word or phrase at the end of a series of sentences, clauses, or phrases

c)

A question posed to make the audience think

d)

Two or more clauses are balanced against each other by the reversal of their structures.

7.

TRUE or FALSE: Epistrophe is the repetition of a word or phrase at the end of a series of sentences, clauses, or phrases.

a)

True

b)

False

8.

TRUE or FALSE: A rhetorical question is one or more questions that neither the audience nor the writer is supposed to answer.

a)

True

b)

False

9.

A simile is...

a)

A comparison that does not use "like" or "as."

b)

A comparison using "like" or "as."

c)

A figure of speech in which the part stands for the whole, the whole for the part, the category (larger group) for the type (smaller group), the type for the category, the material for the thing made, or any portion, section, or main quality for the whole or the thing itself (or vice versa)

d)

A (usually indirect) reference to a well-known person, book, song, event, and so forth.

10.

A metaphor is...

a)

A (usually indirect) reference to a well-known person, book, song, event, and so forth.

b)

Placing two opposite ideas together to make a point clear through a big contrast

c)

A comparison using "like" or "as."

d)

A comparison without using "like" or "as."

11.

Irony is...

a)

A statement that appears to contradict itself but has a valid meaning.

b)

This device substitutes the name of the person with a famous person recognized for a particular attribute.

c)

A device that presents the intended or expected meaning of words or results of events as different from the actual meaning or results.

d)

The substitution of an inoffensive term for something considered offensive or controversial.

12.

Verbal Irony is...

a)

Where one or more characters are oblivious (do not know) of an aspect of the situation to which the audience is aware.

b)

When the actual result is very different from the expected result.

c)

When what one says is at odds with what one means.

d)

None of the above.

13.

Situational Irony is...

a)

Where one or more characters are oblivious (do not know) of an aspect of the situation to which the audience is aware.

b)

When the actual result is very different from the expected result.

c)

When what one says is at odds with what one means.

d)

None of the above.

14.

Dramatic Irony is...

a)

Where one or more characters are oblivious (do not know) of an aspect of the situation to which the audience is aware.

b)

When the actual result is very different from the expected result.

c)

When what one says is at odds with what one means.

d)

None of the above.

15.

Alliteration is...

a)

The repetition of a question

b)

The repetition of an initial consonant sound within successive words in a series.

c)

Similar vowel sound repeated within successive words (or syllables) in a series.

d)

Repetition of consonant sounds within successive words in a series.

16.

A traffic cop opens his mailbox. He has received notice that his license has been suspended! The reason? He has too many unpaid parking tickets.


This is an example of...

a)

Situational Irony

b)

Dramatic Irony

c)

Sarcasm

d)

Parallelism

17.

Stranger Things is notorious for using...

a)

Logos to substantiate the science presented in the show

b)

Allusions to 80s pop culture and movies

c)

Dramatic Irony because the audience knows how each episode will end before each character does

d)

None of the above

18.

Abraham Lincoln's quote is an example of...

a)

A rhetorical question

b)

Alliteration

c)

Simile

d)

Parallelism

19.

Abraham Lincoln's quote is an example of both...

a)

Anaphora and allusion

b)

Alliteration and anaphora

c)

Parallelism and epistrophe

d)

Simile and irony

20.

Taylor Swift's lyrics for "Bad Blood" contain an example of...

a)

A biblical allusion

b)

Dramatic Irony

c)

Alliteration

d)

Ethos