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WorksheetsAP Lang Rhetorical Devices
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 15mins
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:
"Fail to prepare and you prepare to fail."
epistrophe
parallelism
apposition
antimetabole
“Mom, you know that I am a self-starter, a dedicated learner, and an A student. You can trust that I will not misuse my phone in class.”
This is an example of...
ethos
logos
pathos
This rhetorical device is used when non-human like objects or ideas are given human qualities.
Hyperbole
Metaphor
Personification
Simile
This picture is a visual example of which rhetorical device?
Metaphor
Oxymoron
Juxtaposition
Simile
The following is an example of which type of rhetorical device?
There are roaches infesting the office of a pest control service.
Personification
Juxtaposition
Irony
Paradox
“We shall not flag or fail. We shall go on to the end. We shall fight in France, we shall fight on the seas and oceans, we shall fight with growing confidence and growing strength in the air, we shall defend our island, whatever the cost may be, we shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills. We shall never surrender.”
The following is an example of what kind of rhetorical device?
I was so embarrassed, I almost died right there in front of everyone!
Anaphora
Hyperbole
Oxymoron
Antithesis
The following is an example of which rhetorical device?
The fog crept through doorways and keyholes.
Irony
Metaphor
Simile
Personification
A reference in a work of literature to a character, place, or situation from history, music, or another work of literature.
anaphora
foreshadowing
analogy
allusion
A reflection of a writer's or a speaker's attitude toward the subject matter.
tone
diction
vernacular
examples
means: A phrase or sentence that is repeated in reverse order using the exact same words and grammatical pattern
asyndeton
rhetorical question
parallelism
antimetabole
What rhetorical device is used in the following sentence: 'The wind whispered through the trees, telling secrets to the night.'
A) Metaphor
B) Personification
C) Simile
D) Hyperbole
Identify the rhetorical device in this statement: 'Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country.'
A) Antithesis
B) Anaphora
C) Chiasmus
D) Epistrophe
Which rhetorical device is being used in the following example: 'The pen is mightier than the sword.'
A) Metonymy
B) Synecdoche
C) Irony
D) Hyperbole
