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Rhetorical language techniques

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Words, phrases, or ideas listed one after the other separated by commas

a)

Rhetorical question

b)

Listing

c)

Alliteration

d)

Juxtaposition

2.

A question where an answer is not expected from the reader/audience

a)

Rhetorical question

b)

Listing

c)

Alliteration

d)

Juxtaposition

3.

The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of closely connected words.

a)

Rhetorical question

b)

Listing

c)

Alliteration

d)

Juxtaposition

4.

Two things being seen or placed close together with contrasting effect

a)

Rhetorical question

b)

Listing

c)

Alliteration

d)

Juxtaposition

5.

Expresses a command

a)

Exclamative

b)

Interrogative

c)

Declarative

d)

Imperative

6.

Makes a statement that conveys strong emotion or excitement

a)

Exclamative

b)

Interrogative

c)

Declarative

d)

Imperative

7.

Used to ask a question

a)

Exclamative

b)

Interrogative

c)

Declarative

d)

Imperative

8.

Statements that relay information

a)

Exclamative

b)

Interrogative

c)

Declarative

d)

Imperative

9.

A deliberate choice of words to influence or to elicit emotion

a)

Emotive language

b)

Epistrophe

c)

Anaphora

d)

Hypophora

10.

A word or expression is repeated at the beginning of a number of sentences, clauses, or phrases

a)

Emotive language

b)

Epistrophe

c)

Anaphora

d)

Hypophora

11.

A word or expression is repeated at the end of a number of sentences, clauses, or phrases

a)

Emotive language

b)

Epistrophe

c)

Anaphora

d)

Hypophora

12.

When a writer raises a question, and then immediately provides an answer to that question

a)

Emotive language

b)

Epistrophe

c)

Anaphora

d)

Hypophora

13.

Extreme exaggeration using metaphorical language

a)

Personal pronouns

b)

Metaphor

c)

Anadiplosis

d)

Hyperbole

14.

When speaker is talking directly to an individual or group

a)

Direct address

b)

Metaphor

c)

Anadiplosis

d)

Hyperbole

15.

A word or expression from the end of one sentence or clause is repeated at the beginning of the next sentence or clause

a)

Epistrophe

b)

Anadiplosis

c)

Anaphora

d)

Hypophora

16.

A short word used as a simple substitute for the proper name of a person, animal, or object

a)

Personal pronouns

b)

Metaphor

c)

Anadiplosis

d)

Hyperbole