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Rhetorical Devices Quizizz

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 1hrs 27mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
A question used for effect rather than response (ex: Sure! Why not?)
a)
Rhetorical question
b)
Parallelism
c)
Antithesis
d)
Repetition
2.
Clauses that may begin each phrase of a piece the same(ex: Alice ran into the room, into the garden, and into our hearts)
a)
Antithesis
b)
Parallelism
c)
Allusion
d)
Rhetorical question
3.

writers or speakers draw on the emotions of the reader of audience.

a)

logos

b)

pathos

c)

ethos

d)

persuasion

4.
Restating an idea using the SAME WORDS (Kindness is the answer. Kindness can go a long way. Kindness unites us as a nation and makes us one again)
a)
Repetition
b)
Allusion
Parallelism
c)
Parallelism
Antithesis
d)
Restatement
Metaphor
5.

What type of Persuavise Technique is being used in the sentence below:


“Hatred was spreading everywhere, blood was being spilled everywhere, wars were breaking out everywhere.”

a)

Repetition

b)

Rhetorical questions

c)

Appeals to reason

d)

Appeals to authority

6.

The use of a series of words, phrases, or sentences that have similar grammatical form.

a)

anaphora

b)

analogy

c)

repetition

d)

parallelism

7.

Appeal to logic, including facts and statistics

a)

logos

b)

ethos

c)

pathos

8.

Repeating a sentence structure

a)

simile

b)

parallelism

c)

allusion

d)

logos

9.

Using a speaker's credibility (i.e. celebrity/expert endorsement) to persuade others

a)

ethos

b)

logos

c)

pathos

10.

Words or phrases said over and over to illustrate importance or highlight meaning are usually examples of...

a)

Rhetorical Questions

b)

Simile

c)

Repetition

d)

Allusion

11.

_______________ means: a question someone asks without expecting an answer. It's just asked to make a point.

a)

allusion

b)

repetition

c)

rhetorical question

d)

parallelism

12.
PARALLELISM
a)
Using words or phrases with similar structure
b)
Using words that imitate the sounds they describe
c)
Makes an idea seem less important than it really is
d)
Words or phrases that repeat in reverse order
13.

Which appeal proves the speaker can be trusted based on character or qualifications?

a)

ethos

b)

logos

c)

pathos

14.

A repeated use of words or phases for emphasis

a)

Personification

b)

Euphemism

c)

Irony

d)

Repetition

15.

Identify the rhetorical device: The phone was ringing, the dishes were washing, and the dinner was burning.

a)

anaphora

b)

juxtaposition

c)

parallelism

16.

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..."

a)

antithesis

b)

parallelism

c)

apposition

d)

epistrophe

17.

The following is an example of, "I will be tired today, I will be tired tomorrow, I will be tired next week, so please do not ask me to do anything for you.”

a)

Metaphor

b)

Allusion

c)

Parallelism

d)

Analogy

18.

Identify the rhetorical device:

There are those who are asking the devotees of civil rights, "When will you be satisfied?"

a)

parallelism

b)

rhetorical question

c)

allusion

d)

metaphor

19.

This ENTIRE section is what type of rhetorical device?

Let freedom ring from Stone Mountain of Georgia. Let freedom ring from Lookout Mountain of Tennessee. Let freedom ring from every hill and molehill of Mississippi, from every mountain side. Let freedom ring . . .

a)

parallelism

b)

metaphor

c)

repetition

d)

simile

20.

Identify the rhetorical device:

But one hundred years later, the Negro still is not free. One hundred years later, the life of the Negro is still sadly crippled by the manacles of segregation and the chains of discrimination. One hundred years later, the Negro lives on a lonely island of poverty in the midst of a vast ocean of material prosperity. One hundred years later, the Negro is still languishing in the corners of American society and finds himself an exile in his own land.

a)

metaphor

b)

repetition

c)

rhetorical question

d)

allusion