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Rhetorical Devices

Authored by Maria Longo

English

8th - 12th Grade

CCSS covered

Used 26+ times

Rhetorical Devices
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The term that means understatement that negates is

Anachronism
Litotes
Understatement
Asyndeton

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The term that means to purposely leave out conjunctions is

Asyndeton
Polysyndeton
Anachronism
Euphemism

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The term that means a repetition of vowel sounds is

Allusion
Alliteration
Assonance
Anadiplosis

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The term that means a reference to a well known person, place or thing is

Parallelism
Allusion
Diction
Anachronism

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The following is an example of what term: Piggy the Panda paid for a purple popsicle.

Irony
Anadiplosis
Alliteration
Syntax

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The following is an example of what term:  The man went to the store and bought apples and bananas and legos and bread and chapstick.

Connotation
Oxymoron
Asyndeton
Polysyndeton

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Martin Luther King Junior's use of the phrase "I have a dream" is an example of what strategy?

Anaphora
Chiasmus
Litotes
Asyndeton

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

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