Rhetoric Devices
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- Q1What rhetoric device is used when a part of a sentence refers to another part of the sentence?OnomatopoeiaMetaphorAnaphoraSimile30s
- Q2Which rhetoric device involves the use of contradictory or opposing ideas in the same sentence or phrase?AntithesisHyperboleEuphemismAlliteration30s
- Q3What rhetoric device involves the deliberate repetition of the first part of the sentence to achieve an artistic effect?IronyOxymoronPersonificationEpistrophe30s
- Q4Which rhetoric device uses exaggeration for emphasis or effect?MetonymySynecdocheHyperboleParadox30s
- Q5What rhetoric device involves the substitution of one word for another that it suggests?AnaphoraAssonanceParallelismMetonymy30s
- Q6What is the rhetoric device where words are repeated at the end of successive clauses?MetaphorEpiphoraHyperbolePersonification30s
- Q7Which rhetoric device involves the attribution of human characteristics to something non-human?AlliterationEuphemismPersonificationOnomatopoeia30s
- Q8What rhetoric device involves the repetition of a particular word throughout a sentence or paragraph?LitotesAsyndetonPolysyndetonChiasmus30s
- Q9Which rhetoric device involves the deliberate repetition of the same sound at the beginning of neighboring words?AlliterationIronyHyperboleMetaphor30s
- Q10What rhetoric device involves the use of a word or phrase to represent something else closely related to it?EuphemismEpistropheMetonymyAnaphora30s
- Q11Which rhetorical device is used when a speaker repeats a word or phrase for emphasis?OxymoronAlliterationAnaphoraMetaphor30s
- Q12What rhetorical device is used when a speaker addresses an absent or imaginary person or entity?OnomatopoeiaIronyHyperboleApostrophe30s
- Q13Which rhetorical device is used when a speaker compares two things using 'like' or 'as'?HyperboleParadoxPersonificationSimile30s
- Q14What rhetorical device is used when a speaker exaggerates or overstates something for emphasis?MetaphorHyperboleOnomatopoeiaAlliteration30s
- Q15Which rhetorical device is used when a speaker refers to a well-known story, event, person, or object to make a point?EuphemismOxymoronAllusionAnaphora30s