WorksheetsRhetorical devices
Total questions: 13
Worksheet time: 7mins
"Order now, before time runs out!" is an example of which rhetorical appeal?
Pathos
Kairos
Ethos
Logos
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."
analogy
allusion
alliteration
simile
How could the following sentence be rewritten to include assonance?
The boat moved on the water.
The boat bobbed briskly by the bay.
The boat floated slowly over the ocean.
The ship sailed slowly on the sea.
The ship floated fast on the lake.
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."
repetition
parallelism
hyperbole
analogy
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."
Parallelism
Repetition
Oxymoron
Alliteration
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."
repetition
parallelism
rhetorical question
onomatopoeia
Which rhetorical device is used in the following sentence?
"Cars have made life far more convenient for us, but at what cost?"
rhetorical question
parenthesis
metaphor
euphemism
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."
triplet
onomatopoeia
alliteration
analogy
Identify the rhetorical device used in the following sentence:
She's older than dirt.
litotes
apposition
hyperbole
epistrophe
