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- 1. Multiple Choice
An example of alliteration is...
Becky's beagle barked and bayed, becoming bothersome for Billy.
She looked as innocent as an angel.
Boom! Bang! Pow!
The tree danced.
- 2. Multiple Choice
What would “Don’t act like a Romeo in front of her" be an example of?
Allegory
Onomatopoeia
Imagery
Allusion
- 3. Multiple Choice
Sam's mom screamed, "I told you a million times to pick up your room!' What is Sam's mom "using" to get her point across?
An Allegory
A Simile
Imagery
A Hyperbole
- 4. Multiple Choice
The confetti rained down from the sky creating a feeling of immense joy in all that stood below. What is this an example of?
Personification
Simile
Imagery
Hyperbole
- 5. Multiple Choice
Often, the most important decision an author makes is his or her word choice. What is word choice also known as?
Diction
Words
Foreshadowing
Metaphors
- 6. Multiple Choice
What is this an example of?
Elegy
Euphemism
Irony
Epiphany
- 7. Multiple Choice
What is “if it ain't broke, don't fix it" an example of?
Allusion
Anecdote
Aphorism
Anaphora
- 8. Multiple Choice
An anaphora is the repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses. Why do author's use this device?
An anaphora is used to appeal to the emotions of the audience, in order to persuade, inspire, motivate, and encourage them
An anaphora is used to appeal to the logic of the audience, in order to persuade, inspire, motivate, and encourage them.
An anaphora is used to appeal to the credibility of the speaker, in order to persuade, inspire, motivate, and encourage them.
An anaphora is used to sound really cool.
- 9. Multiple ChoiceWhat is rhetoric?The art of argument/persuasionThe art of entertainmentThe art of analysisThe art of informing
- 10. Multiple ChoiceWhat does it mean to persuade someone?The convince them of somethingThe explain what something isTo delight and entertain someoneTo debate with someone
- 11. Multiple Choice
A metaphor makes a comparison between two things. Why would one use a metaphor to persuade?
A metaphor sounds nice.
Metaphors create credibility for the author.
Speakers use metaphors to make sure the listeners are really listening.
A metaphor helps the audience focus on the idea and make new connections.
- 12. Multiple ChoiceChoose the sentence that has parallel structure.The children laughed, jumped, and dancedThe children were laughing, jumped, and some were dancing.
- 13. Multiple Choice
The lumberjack leveled the many trees into a clearing and his chainsaw sang its deadly song. What is being personified?
The trees
The chainsaw
The song
The lumberjack
- 14. Multiple Choice
30 years later and teenagers are still addicted, but now to vaping and texting. 30 years later and parents are even less involved in teens' lives than they were. 30 years later and God has been taken out of the picture and replaced with materialism...
WHAT DEVICE and WHAT TONE?
hopeful tone through ethos
frustrated tone through anaphora
annoyed tone through bias
humorous tone through jokes
- 15. Multiple Choice
rhetorical question
metaphor
anaphora
simile
- 16. Multiple Choice
And we've come here from every crack, crease, and crevice of our country to our Capital to say that, for all those whose cares have been our concern, we're ready.
parallelism
repetition
antithesis
alliteration
- 17. Multiple Choice
The NEW Subway wrap is the single greatest thing in the world! Get one today!
personification
simile
hyperbole
onomatopoeia
- 18. Multiple Choice
Do you want to feel like you are picking for bugs under your skin? Well, then don't do Meth. Rotten teeth, skin soars, and possible death await you if you do.
parallel structure
ethos
parallel structure and rhetorical question
rhetorical question
- 19. Multiple Choice
pathos
logos
ethos
allusion
- 20. Multiple ChoiceA question asked to make a point, not that you want an answer is which of the following rhetorical devices?A. ImageryB. PersonificationC. RhetoricE. Rhetorical Question
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