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WorksheetsRhetorical Devices Review
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
"The hero doesn't know the bad guy is hiding in the bushes waiting to attack him but the audience does." Irony?
Dramatic
Situational
Cosmic
Verbal
"Sara is trying to avoid a water gun fight that her brothers are having and she falls into a puddle." Irony?
Dramatic
Cosmic
Verbal
Situational
"'Oh, I just can't wait to stand in line for four hours this Thanksgiving,' my uncle said rolling his eyes." Irony?
Situational
Verbal
Dramatic
Cosmic
"Lend me a hand." This means "I need help."
synecdoche
metonymy
Sarcasm would be a great example for this type of irony?
Verbal
Cosmic
Situational
Dramatic
Dramatic irony often makes movies and books more suspenseful.
True
False
When I try to convince an audience using facts and statistics, I am using...
Ethos
Pathos
Logos
"A man who owns a lawn maintenance business cannot get grass to grow in his own backyard." Irony?
Cosmic
Verbal
Dramatic
Situational
The type of irony occurs when occurs when a higher power (e.g., God, fate, the Universe) intervenes to create an ironic situation.
Dramatic
Situational
Cosmic
Verbal
When I use emotions to convince an audience, I am using...
Ethos
Pathos
Logos
"In the movie Jaws, the audience sees the shark is about to attack but the people in the water do not." Irony?
Dramatic
Cosmic
Verbal
Situational
When I want an audience to trust me based on my experience, I am using...
Ethos
Pathos
Logos
"The pen is mightier than the sword." The pen represents words and the sword represents violence in this case.
metonymy
synecdoche
"Ja'Quann was excited to start his day. When he left his house, however, he was struck by lightning." Irony?
Situational
Verbal
Dramatic
Cosmic
"The school's driver's ed instructor gets into an accident on his way to school." Irony?
Situational
Dramatic
Cosmic
Verbal
