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Rhetorical devices

Total questions: 13

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What is the definition of a rhetorical device?
a)
A classic technique in presentation and speech making. It helps tie the theme together, and it creates clarity for the listener. Additionally, we remember words and phrases more readily when they are packaged in threes.
b)
appeal to logic, means to convince an audience by use of logic or reason.
c)
A series of techniques used to influence a listener, reader, or audience to believe a certain claim
d)
A reference to religion, mythology, historical events, pop culture, literature, etc
2.

"Order now, before time runs out!" is an example of which rhetorical appeal?

a)

Pathos

b)

Kairos

c)

Ethos

d)

Logos

3.
"Life is but a walking shadow; a poor player..." This is an example of a...
a)
simile 
b)
metaphor
c)
anecdote
4.
A figure of speech in which two unlike things are explicitly compared using like or as is which of the following rhetorical devices?
a)
metaphor
b)
hyperbole
c)
personification
d)
simile
5.
ALLITERATION
a)
Using a word with an opposite meaning
b)
Using adjectives or adjective phrases to describe a noun
c)
Using words that sound like the sounds they describe
d)
The recurrence of initial consonant sounds
6.

Which speech device is used in the following speech excerpt from 44th U.S. President Barack Obama?

"They are all part of the finest fighting force that the world has ever know. They have served tour after tour of duty in distant, different, and difficult places."

a)

analogy

b)

allusion

c)

alliteration

d)

simile

7.

How could the following sentence be rewritten to include assonance?


The boat moved on the water.

a)

The boat bobbed briskly by the bay.

b)

The boat floated slowly over the ocean.

c)

The ship sailed slowly on the sea.

d)

The ship floated fast on the lake.

8.

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

9.

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

10.

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

11.

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

12.

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

13.

Identify the rhetorical device used in the following sentence:


She's older than dirt.

a)

litotes

b)

apposition

c)

hyperbole

d)

epistrophe