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WorksheetsRhetoric Review
Total questions: 14
Worksheet time: 7mins
__________________ means: two opposite ideas are put together in a sentence to achieve a contrasting effect.
apposition
antimetabole
parallelism
antithesis
________________ means: a repeated grammatical pattern
anthimeria
parallelism
asyndeton
antimetabole
_________________ means: The repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses or phrases
anaphora
epistrophe
antithesis
parallelism
What rhetorical device is used in the following quote:
"We have petitioned; we have remonstrated; we have supplicated; we have prostrated ourselves before the throne..."
antithesis
parallelism
apposition
epistrophe
What rhetorical device is being used in the following quote:
"So let freedom ring from the prodigious hilltops of New Hampshire. Let freedom ring from the mighty mountains of New York. Let freedom ring from the heightening Alleghenies of Pennsylvania..."
antimetabole
epistrophe
anaphora
rhetorical question
What rhetorical device is used in the following quote:
"We must learn to live together as brothers or perish together as fools."
parallelism
apposition
asyndeton
antithesis
A brief account of an interesting event; A story or scene.
pathos
diction
anecdote
allusion
Writers or speakers connect their thinking to the reader's or audience's own ethical or moral belief.
pathos
logos
ethos
persuasion
writers or speakers draw on the emotions of the reader of audience.
logos
pathos
ethos
persuasion
When writers or speakers offer clear examples and proof. They develop ideas with appropriate detail, and they make sure that the readers follow the progression of ideas.
logos
pathos
ethos
persuasion
What figurative device is Kennedy using here: "we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe to assure the survival and success of liberty."
antithesis
parallelism
metaphor
anaphora
JFK: "Let both sides explore what problems unite us instead of belaboring those problems which divide us."
antithesis
anaphora
parallelism
simile
When Malala says, "The pen is mightier than the sword." She is using a(n)...
anecdote
proverb
anecdote
parallelism
Let both sides explore what problems unite us instead of belaboring those problems which divide us.
Let both sides, for the first time, formulate serious and precise proposals for the inspection and control of arms--and bring the absolute power to destroy other nations under the absolute control of all nations.
Let both sides seek to invoke the wonders of science instead of its terrors. Together let us explore the stars, conquer the deserts, eradicate disease, tap the ocean depths and encourage the arts and commerce.
Let both sides unite to heed in all corners of the earth the command of Isaiah--to "undo the heavy burdens . . . (and) let the oppressed go free."
antithesis
anaphora
parallelism
ethos
