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Rhetorical devices
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1/5
"Love is like a flower, it must flower and fade." (D.H. Lawrence, The Mess of Love)
Personification
Simile
Oxymoron
right answer
A simile is an explicit comparison through the words "as" or "like".
2/5
A "repetition" is used...
to appeal to the listeners/ readers emotions
to involve the listeners/ readers
to stress/ to put emphasis on/ to emphasize/ to draw attention to... key words/ major arguments/ important aspects
right answer
A repetition is used to stress/ to put emphasis on/ to emphasize/ to draw attention to... key words/ major arguments/ important aspects and to increase intensity. For example: "He was my North, my South, my East and my West, my working week and my Sunday rest." (W.H. Auden, Funeral Blues)
3/5
"If we learn to shout, if we learn to fight, if we learn to die for our goals..."
Rhyme
Anaphora
Alliteration
right answer
An anaphora is a repetition of the same word(s) in neighbouring stanzas, lines etc. ususally at the beginning.
4/5
Two seemingly unlike things are linked with one another in the form of an implicit comparison. The rhetorical device is called...
Metaphor
Symbol
Simile
right answer
A metaphor is a comparison between two things which are basically quite different, without using "like" or "as". For example: "Pupils feel trapped in a cage of duties."
5/5
Which of the following is a personification?
She walks like an angel.
"All the world's a stage. And all the men and women merely players." (Shakespeare)
Justice is blind.
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Rhetorical devices
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Created on November 1, 2021
Quiz for a couple of rhetorical devices used in speeches and/ or poems.
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Quiz
Rhetorical devices
Start
1/5
"Love is like a flower, it must flower and fade." (D.H. Lawrence, The Mess of Love)
Personification
Simile
Oxymoron
right answer
A simile is an explicit comparison through the words "as" or "like".
2/5
A "repetition" is used...
to appeal to the listeners/ readers emotions
to involve the listeners/ readers
to stress/ to put emphasis on/ to emphasize/ to draw attention to... key words/ major arguments/ important aspects
right answer
A repetition is used to stress/ to put emphasis on/ to emphasize/ to draw attention to... key words/ major arguments/ important aspects and to increase intensity. For example: "He was my North, my South, my East and my West, my working week and my Sunday rest." (W.H. Auden, Funeral Blues)
3/5
"If we learn to shout, if we learn to fight, if we learn to die for our goals..."
Rhyme
Anaphora
Alliteration
right answer
An anaphora is a repetition of the same word(s) in neighbouring stanzas, lines etc. ususally at the beginning.
4/5
Two seemingly unlike things are linked with one another in the form of an implicit comparison. The rhetorical device is called...
Metaphor
Symbol
Simile
right answer
A metaphor is a comparison between two things which are basically quite different, without using "like" or "as". For example: "Pupils feel trapped in a cage of duties."
5/5
Which of the following is a personification?
She walks like an angel.
"All the world's a stage. And all the men and women merely players." (Shakespeare)
Justice is blind.
congrats
Try again!
wrong
Try again