Rhetorical Device Review Quiz Review

Question 1

An appeal to credibility, often using expert or celebrity testimony.

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Ethos

Question 2

Identify the example: "Unfortunatley, due to your performance last quarter, we are going to have to let you go."

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Euphemism

Question 3

Identify the example: "Actions speak louder than words."

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Aphorism

Question 4

An appeal to emotions of the audience.

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Pathos

Question 5

Identify the example: "The lighting danced across the sky."

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Personification

Question 6

What rhetorical device features the repetition of vowel sounds to draw the reader's attention or add emphasis?

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Assonance

Question 7

An appeal to logic, often using facts and statistics to support arguments.

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Logos

Question 8

Identify the example: "Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers."

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Alliteration

Question 9

Identify the example: "The snow was a white blanket across the field."

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Metaphor

Question 10

Which literary device features the repetition of words or phrases to begin succcessive sentences?

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Anaphora

Question 11

What rhetorical device expresses two or more ideas using the same grammatical structure?

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Parallelism

Question 12

What rhetorical device uses exaggeration for emphasis or for rhetorical effect?

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Hyperbole

Question 13

Which rhetorical device features words in a sentence or phrase that seem to contradict each other?

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Oxymoron

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