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Rhetorical Devices

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which rhetorical device is used in the following examples?

"Dunkin Doughnuts, Coca-Cola and Bed Bath and Beyond"

a)

Personification

b)

Parallelism

c)

Allusion

d)

Alliteration

2.

Which rhetorical device is used in the following sentence?

"Our school principal is the AI Gore of our community in that he cares deeply about climate

change."

a)

alliteration

b)

metaphor

c)

allusion

d)

hyperbole

3.

Which rhetorical device is used in the following sentence?

"In many ways, our ecosystem is similar to a woven sweater. If one stand is destroyed, then the rest of it can unravel."

a)

analogy

b)

repetition

c)

parenthesis

d)

onomatopoeia

4.

Which rhetorical device is used in the following sentence?

"Finding alternative energy sources should be a top priority for today, a top priority for

tomorrow and a top priority for the future."

a)

repetition

b)

parallelism

c)

hyperbole

d)

analogy

5.

Which rhetorical device is used in the following example?

"You're being let go. Her father passed away.

The toddler told his mom that he needed to go potty."

a)

Metaphor

b)

Simile

c)

Verbal Irony

d)

Euphemism

6.

Which rhetorical device is used in the following sentence?

"At night, our cities are bright, brilliant and beautiful while they burn up precious energy."

a)

hyperbole

b)

analogy

c)

alliteration

d)

parenthesis

7.

Which rhetorical device is used in the following sentence?

"The greater the involvement of community leaders in green issues, the greater the chance of

all community members taking an interest."

a)

repetition

b)

parallelism

c)

rhetorical question

d)

onomatopoeia

8.

Which rhetorical device is used in the following sentence?

"Tom is very hungry that he can devour the entire horse."

a)

alliteration

b)

repetition

c)

hyperbole

d)

onomatopeia

9.

Which rhetorical device is used in the following sentence?

"Every day, defunct electronic products containing harmful substances – lithium, cadmium,

mercury and numerous other heavy metals – are discarded into landfills, greatly damaging the environment."

a)

analogy

b)

hyperbole

c)

repetition

d)

parenthesis

10.

Which rhetorical device is used in the following sentence?

"Cars have made life far more convenient for us, but at what cost?"

a)

rhetorical question

b)

parenthesis

c)

metaphor

d)

euphemism

11.

Which rhetorical device is used in the following sentence?

"If you want to lessen your carbon footprint, remember the 3Rs: reduce, re-use, recycle."

a)

triplet

b)

the rule of three

c)

repetition

d)

parallelism

12.

Which rhetorical device is used in the following sentence?

"In the area worst affected by the drought, the remains of animals that had perished due to

the scarcity of water were all too easy to spot."

a)

parenthesis

b)

euphemism

c)

triplet

d)

analogy

13.

Which rhetorical device is used in the following sentences?

"The gushing stream flows in the forest."

"The sack fell into the river with a splash."

a)

triplet

b)

onomatopoeia

c)

alliteration

d)

analogy

14.

Which rhetorical device is used in the following sentence?

“Father, Son, and the Holy Spirit.”

a)

triplet

b)

the rule of three

c)

euphemism

d)

hyperbole

15.

This rhetorical device that is an arrangement of words or sentences in similar grammatical form to show the ideas are equal in importance. Examples of this are:

"Easy come, easy go.

Like father, like son.

I have a dream."

a)

Parallelism

b)

Repetition

c)

Oxymoron

d)

Alliteration