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A rhetorical device uses words in a certain way to convey meaning or to persuade. It can also be a technique used to evoke emotions within the reader or audience.
Skilled writers use many different types of rhetorical devices in their work to achieve specific effects. Some types of rhetorical devices can also be considered figurative language because they depend on a non-literal usage of certain words or phrases.
Rhetorical Device Quiz
Rhetorical Device Quiz Answers
1. The technique or skill of persuading through your choice of words is which of the following rhetorical devices?
- A. Alliteration
- B. Metaphor
- C. Rhetorical
- D. Allusion
2. A similarity between like features of two things, on which a comparison may be based is which of the following rhetorical devices?
- A. Simile
- B. Invective
- C. Alliteration
- D. Analogy
3. A figure of speech in which two unlike things are explicitly compared using like or as is which of the following rhetorical devices?
- A. Understatement
- B. Simile
- C. Oxymoron
4. The following is an example of which rhetorical device?
“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.”
- Epistrophe
- Hyperbole
- Anaphora
- Personification
5. The following is an example of what kind of rhetorical device?
“Strong in the force, you are.” Yoda, Star Wars
- Hyperbole
- Anastrophe
- Antithesis
- Apostrophe
6. The following is an example of what kind of rhetorical device?
Money is the root of all evils: poverty is the fruit of all goodness.
- Epistrophe
- Hyperbole
- Anastrophe
- Antithesis
7. The following is an example of what kind of literary device?
“The big sycamore by the creek was gone. The willow tangle was gone. The little enclave of untrodden bluegrass was gone. The clump of dogwood on the little rise across the creek–now that, too, was gone….”
- Hyperbole
- Epistrophe
- Apostrophe
- Anastrophe
8. In Shakespeare’s “Romeo and Juliet” What rhetorical device is being used here?:
“Come, civil night, Thou sober-suited matron, all in black, and learn me how to lose a winning match.” (Shakespeare, Act 3, Scene 2, lines 10-12, page 154).
- Diction
- Paradox
- Rhyme
- Pathos
9. In “Fahrenheit 451” by Ray Bradbury, the text states, “The Jet bombers going over, going over, one two, one two…” (Bradbury, 13-14). What rhetorical device is he using?
- Assonance
- Aphorism
- Repetition
- Anaphora
10. What rhetorical device is being used in the poem, “Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night”, by Dylan Thomas?:
“Do not go gentle into that good night,
Old age should burn and rave at close of day;
Rage, rage, against the dying of the light…” (Thomas, 1).
- Assonance
- Repetition
- Alliteration
- Anaphora
11. “And so even though we face the difficulties of today and tomorrow, I still have a dream. It is a dream deeply rooted in the American dream.” (Luther, 1). Which rhetorical device is being used here in Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have A Dream” speech?
- Allusion
- Repetition
- Restatement
- Diction
12. What rhetorical device is being used here in “The Bible?”:
“And Joshua, and all of Israel with him, took Achan the son of Zerah, and the silver, and the garment, and the wedge of gold, and his sons, and his daughters, and his oxen, and his donkeys, and his sheep, and his tent, and all that he had.” (The Bible, Joshua 7:24).
- Alliteration
- Anecdote
- Repetition
- Polysyndeton
13. A statement that is not good enough to explain how good, bad, or impressive something really is?
- A. Understatement/Meiosis
- B. Personification
- C. Parallelism
14. The fact of two things being seen or placed close together with contrasting effect.
- A. Paradox
- B. Juxtaposition
- E. Satire
15. 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
16. The following is an example of which kind of rhetorical device?
How many people die from lung cancer each year? About 157,423 people die from lung cancer each year.
- Rhetorical question
- Oxymoron
- Hypophora
- Irony
17. 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
18. A statement that seems impossible because the ideas are opposites, but have an element of truth is which of the following rhetorical devices?
- A. Paradox
- B. Hyperbole
- C. Satire
19. “Comrades,” he said quietly, “do you know who is responsible for this? Do you know the enemy who has come in the night and has overthrown our windmill? SNOWBALL!” he suddenly roared in a voice of thunder.” (Orwell, 82). Which rhetorical device is being used here in Orwell’s, “Animal Farm?”
- Understatement
- Hyperbole
- Restatement
- Rhetorical Questions
20. The following is an example of which rhetorical device?
All’s fair in love and war.
- Metaphor
- Pun
- Rhetorical question
- Juxtaposition
21. The following is an example of which kind of rhetorical device?
Anger is a monster waiting to devour happiness.
- Simile
- Metaphor
- Oxymoron
- Hyperbole
22. Using several word near each other that start with the same sound is which rhetorical device?
- A. Alliteration
- B. Allusion
- C. Anaphora
23. What rhetorical device is being used here in “To Kill a Mockingbird” by Harper Lee?: “You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view — until you climb into his skin and walk around in it.” (Lee, 30).
- Aphorism
- Repetition
- Both A and B
- None of the above
24. What rhetorical device is being used here in “The Bible?”: “Is Anything To Difficult For The Lord?” (The Bible, Genesis 18:13).
- Rhetorical Question
- Rhetoric
25. A question asked to make a point, not that you want an answer is which of the following rhetorical devices?
- A. Imagery
- B. Personification
- C. Rhetoric
- E. Rhetorical Question
26. The following is an example of which rhetorical device?
Bill is a cheerful pessimist.
- Irony
- Oxymoron
- Paradox
- Metaphor
27. The following is an example of which rhetorical device?
Sometimes paddling upstream is smoother than flowing with the current.
- Irony
- Paradox
- Hyperbole
- Pun
28. The following is an example of which rhetorical device?
The fog crept through doorways and keyholes.
- Irony
- Metaphor
- Simile
- Personification
29. Which rhetorical device is being used here? :
“Here comes the Helen of our school.”
- Allusion
- Rhetoric
- Both Allusion and Rhetoric
- None of the above
30. The following the an example of which type of rhetorical device?
How does that make you feel?
- Rhetorical Question
- Personification
- Hypophora
- Paradox
Term to learn
Ex: The candlestick danced around the room.
Ex: “We have ships and men and money and stores.”
Example: Never let a fool kiss you or a kiss fool you.
Ex Independent: We went outside.
Dependent: When it rained
Example: wanna
ex. “What made me take this trip to Africa? There is no quick explanation. Things got worse and worse and worse and pretty soon they were too complicated.”
Normal talking and writing is in prose
Example: Sean Connery has been an actor for many years.
(Actor is the predicate nominative; it identifies Sean Connery)
used for emphasis and can be persuasive by putting reasons for something at the beginning before the final point is made
example: King’s famous ‘I have a dream’ repetition
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