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WorksheetsRhetorical Devices
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 6mins
What is the best definition for charged language?
repetition of a specific phrase to create rhythm or structure
referring to a well-known person, book, or institution.
word choice used to make the reader feel a specific emotion
a question that has a very obvious answer, meant to further the argument
What is the best definition for an analogy?
comparing two unlike things to add emphasis
word choice used to make the reader feel a specific emotion
repeating one word or phrase to add emphasis
comparing two extreme opposite ideas
What is the best definition for repetition?
repeating a specific phrase to add rhythm or structure
repeating a word or phrase to add emphasis
word choice that is used to make the reader feel a specific emotion
referring to well-known people, books, or institutions
What is the best definition for parallelism?
referring to a well-known person, book, or institution
word choice that is used to make the reader feel a specific emotion
comparing two extreme opposites for emphasis
a specific phrase that is used to create rhythm or structure
What is the best definition for allusion?
a comparison of two extreme opposites
Referring to a well-known person, novel, or insitution
Word choice that makes the reader feel a specific emotion
A word or phrase that is repeated to add emphasis
What is the best definition for antithesis?
Comparing two extreme opposites for emphasis
Referring to a well-known person, novel, or institution
Repeating a word or phrase for emphasis
A question that has an obvious answer, only used to further an argument
What is the best definition for rhetorical questions?
Repeating a specific phrase to add structure or rhythm.
Repeating a word or phrase for emphasis.
Comparing two unlike things for emphasis.
A question that has an obvious answer, only used to further an argument
Which of the following is an example of charged language?
"I feel that you are men of genuine good will."
"Why direct action?"
Thomas Jefferson said, "We hold these truths to be self-evident. That all men are created equal."
What rhetorical device is used in the following quote:
"The nation cannot survive half slave and half free."
analogy
charged language
parallelism
antithesis
Which rhetorical device is utilized in the following:
But we refuse to believe that the bank of justice is bankrupt.
analogy
charged language
repetition
parallelism
What rhetorical device is used:
Let freedom ring from Stone Mountain of Georgia. Let freedom ring from Lookout Mountain of Tennessee. Let freedom ring from every hill and molehill of Mississippi.
parallelism
charged language
analogy
antithesis
Which rhetorical device is:
Will we be extremists
for hate or for love? Will we be extremists for the preservation of injustice or
for the extension of justice?
analogy
allusion
antithesis
rhetorical questions
