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Rhetorical Devices

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Three nouns, adjectives or verbs will be used in a list within a sentence

a)

Anaphora

b)

Asyndeton

c)

Lists of three

d)

Hyperbole

2.

The technique of repeating the same word and phrase

a)

Polysyndeton

b)

Asyndeton

c)

Repetition

d)

Allusion

3.

The writer incorporates aspects of their personal experience into the text – look for ‘I’

a)

Emotional language

b)

Personal involvement

c)

Lists of three

d)

Facts and statistics

4.

The writer involves the reader by relating the subject to their lives "You,we,us,our"

a)

Audience Involvement

b)

Personal involvement

c)

Facts and statistics

d)

Expert opinion

5.

Information and data, that can be proved to be true

a)

Audience Involvement

b)

Personal Involvement

c)

Facts and statistics

d)

Expert opinion

6.

The knowledge of an expert is referred to by the writer

a)

Facts and statistics

b)

Personal opinion

c)

Audience involvement

d)

Expert opinion/quotation

7.

The writer uses superlatives and adjectives to make a situation seem much worse / better than it really is

a)

Rhetorical Question

b)

Over-exaggeration

c)

Emotional Language

d)

Irony

8.

Language that is used to create a particular emotional response in the reader

a)

Emotional Language

b)

Facts and statistics

c)

Irony/sarcasm

d)

Pun

9.

Ideas are presented in a way that seems opposite to what is really meant

a)

Emotional language

b)

Over-exaggeration

c)

Irony/sarcasm

d)

Pun

10.

A joking use of a word sounding the same as another

a)

Irony/sarcasm

b)

Anaphora

c)

Alliteration

d)

Pun

11.

Repeating a sequence of words at the beginnings of neighboring clauses

a)

Anaphora

b)

Asyndeton

c)

Polysyndeton

d)

Allusion

12.

Repeating words at the clauses' ends

a)

Anaphora

b)

Epistrophe

c)

Asyndeton

d)

Polysyndeton

13.

Omitting conjunctions in a list

a)

Anaphora

b)

Asyndeton

c)

Polysyndeton

d)

Antithesis

14.

Using multiple conjunctions in a list

a)

Anaphora

b)

Asyndeton

c)

Polysyndeton

d)

Epistrophe

15.

A figure of speech in which an opposition or contrast of ideas is expressed by parallelism of words that are the opposites of, or strongly contrasted with, each other

a)

Antithesis

b)

Antimetabole

c)

Asyndeton

d)

Polysyndeton

16.

A phrase or sentence is repeated, but in reverse order

a)

Antithesis

b)

Antimetabole

c)

Hyperbole

d)

Anaphora

17.

Any attempt to appeal to the intellect. Facts and statistics.

a)

Ethos

b)

Pathos

c)

Logos

18.

"Ethics” and refers to the trustworthiness of the speaker/writer

a)

Ethos

b)

Pathos

c)

Logos

19.

Emotions (Getting personal)

a)

Ethos

b)

Pathos

c)

Logos

20.

“I have a dream that four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but the content of their character” (King 5).

This is an example of what rhetorical technique?

a)

Ethos

b)

Pathos

c)

Logos