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Rhetorical Devices

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

"big. beefy. bliss." is which device?

a)

slogan

b)

alliteration

c)

asterismos

d)

simile

2.

The tag line "Red Bull Gives You WIIINGS" is what device?

a)

Call to Action

b)

Anecdote

c)

Alliteration

d)

Slogan

3.

This ad is asking you to subscribe, which is what rhetorical device?

a)

Call to Action

b)

Metaphor

c)

Slogan

d)

Asterismos

4.

The use of "All" at the beginning of each phrase is an example of which device?

a)

Alliteration

b)

Anaphora

c)

Anecdote

d)

Eutrepismus

5.

I remember learning how to swim. I took lessons at the community pool in the town where I grew up. One of the lifeguards, Ms. Jen, really helped me get comfortable with holding my breath. She'd play this bobbing game with us that had a fun song to go along with it. Whenever I get in a pool, I still sing that song in my head.

This is an example of what device?

a)

Anecdote

b)

Simile

c)

Metaphor

d)

Call to Action

6.

His words were like daggers to her heart.

a)

Metaphor

b)

Repetition

c)

Personification

d)

Simile

7.

"The student was a sea of troubles."

a)

Understatement

b)

Metaphor

c)

Simile

d)

Personification

8.

What rhetorical device is used in the following quote: "Are fleets and armies necessary to a work of love and reconciliation? Have we shown ourselves so unwilling to be reconciled, that force must be called in to win back our love?"

a)

parallelism

b)

rhetorical question

c)

anthimeria

d)

antithesis

9.

Rhetorical Question

a)

What is 2 + 2?

b)

Do you want to lose 20 pounds in 2 weeks?

c)

The strategy of asking a question and immediately answering it.

d)

After all, what is life anyway? We are born, live a little and then die.

10.

She sells sea shells by the sea shore, is an example of...

a)

Alliteration

b)

Anaphora

c)

Allusion

d)

Anecdote

11.

"Listen, and let me be clear..."

a)

Epiphora

b)

Asterismos

c)

Amplification

d)

Asyndeton

12.

"Make America Great Again!" and "Yes we can!" are examples of

a)

Anecdote

b)

Charged diction

c)

Procatalepsis

d)

Slogans