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Rhetoric Devices

Quiz by Yiannis Castro

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  • Q1
    What rhetoric device is used when a part of a sentence refers to another part of the sentence?
    Onomatopoeia
    Metaphor
    Anaphora
    Simile
    30s
  • Q2
    Which rhetoric device involves the use of contradictory or opposing ideas in the same sentence or phrase?
    Antithesis
    Hyperbole
    Euphemism
    Alliteration
    30s
  • Q3
    What rhetoric device involves the deliberate repetition of the first part of the sentence to achieve an artistic effect?
    Irony
    Oxymoron
    Personification
    Epistrophe
    30s
  • Q4
    Which rhetoric device uses exaggeration for emphasis or effect?
    Metonymy
    Synecdoche
    Hyperbole
    Paradox
    30s
  • Q5
    What rhetoric device involves the substitution of one word for another that it suggests?
    Anaphora
    Assonance
    Parallelism
    Metonymy
    30s
  • Q6
    What is the rhetoric device where words are repeated at the end of successive clauses?
    Metaphor
    Epiphora
    Hyperbole
    Personification
    30s
  • Q7
    Which rhetoric device involves the attribution of human characteristics to something non-human?
    Alliteration
    Euphemism
    Personification
    Onomatopoeia
    30s
  • Q8
    What rhetoric device involves the repetition of a particular word throughout a sentence or paragraph?
    Litotes
    Asyndeton
    Polysyndeton
    Chiasmus
    30s
  • Q9
    Which rhetoric device involves the deliberate repetition of the same sound at the beginning of neighboring words?
    Alliteration
    Irony
    Hyperbole
    Metaphor
    30s
  • Q10
    What rhetoric device involves the use of a word or phrase to represent something else closely related to it?
    Euphemism
    Epistrophe
    Metonymy
    Anaphora
    30s
  • Q11
    Which rhetorical device is used when a speaker repeats a word or phrase for emphasis?
    Oxymoron
    Alliteration
    Anaphora
    Metaphor
    30s
  • Q12
    What rhetorical device is used when a speaker addresses an absent or imaginary person or entity?
    Onomatopoeia
    Irony
    Hyperbole
    Apostrophe
    30s
  • Q13
    Which rhetorical device is used when a speaker compares two things using 'like' or 'as'?
    Hyperbole
    Paradox
    Personification
    Simile
    30s
  • Q14
    What rhetorical device is used when a speaker exaggerates or overstates something for emphasis?
    Metaphor
    Hyperbole
    Onomatopoeia
    Alliteration
    30s
  • Q15
    Which rhetorical device is used when a speaker refers to a well-known story, event, person, or object to make a point?
    Euphemism
    Oxymoron
    Allusion
    Anaphora
    30s

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