Rhetorical Devices Review

Rhetorical Devices Review

Name The Rhetorical Device!1. The road was a

ribbon of moonlight over the purple moor.

The Correct Answer…

Metaphor

Name The Rhetorical Device!

2. Paula wears so much make-up she

has to use a sandblaster to get it

off at night.


Hyperbole


3. I heard her skirt swish as she walked

leisurely up the winding staircase.


Onomatopoeia

Name The Rhetorical Device!4. My love is like a red, red rose.


Simile


5. Our family dinner was a combination of boisterous

conversation that made the room hum with the sound of happiness,

badly burnt chicken that tasted like rubber, and the scent of freshly

baked bread that reminded me of home.


Imagery


6. The stars danced playfully in the moonlit sky.


Personification

Name The Rhetorical Device!7. Every time I

tell a lie, I expect my nose

to grow like Pinocchio’s.


Allusion

Name The Rhetorical Device!8. An old man turned ninety-eight. He won the lottery and died

the next day of chronic emphysema

from inhalation of the latex particles scratched off a

decades' worth of lottery tickets.


Irony

Name The Rhetorical Device!9. The deafening

silence was unbearable.


Oxymoron

Name The Rhetorical Device!10. Emily didn't like to spend money. She was

no Scrooge, but she seldom purchased

anything except the bare necessities.


Allusion

Name The Rhetorical Device!11. While running drills in

gym class one humid afternoon in June, Chris

yelled to his teacher, “Sir, can we go inside? I think I

might sweat to death!”


Hyperbole

Name The Rhetorical Device!12. As I stumbled to the breakfast table in a sleepy haze, I knew the only thing that could wake me up was the delightful snap, crackle,

and pop of my favourite morning cereal.


Onomatopoeia

Name The Rhetorical Device!13. Because I could not

stop for Death,He kindly stopped for me;The carriage held but just

ourselvesAnd Immortality.


Personification

Name The Rhetorical Device!14. When she tasted

the sour candy, Sarah’s mouth

suddenly puckered like a fish under water.


Simile

Name The Rhetorical Device!15. A breathtaking flower

quickly withers and dies, which represents the

fleeting nature of beauty and reminds us that

everything will eventually age and decay.


Symbolism

Name The Rhetorical Device!16. The goalie was a brick wall, because when he was in the net, nothing could

get past him.


Metaphor

Name The Rhetorical Device!17. The crimson blood flowed

slowly down his charred face, and I could smell the burning

wreckage in the distance as the screams of the people still trapped within the building

echoed ominously through the brisk night air.


Imagery


18. Betty Botter bought some butter, but, she said, the butter’s bitter; if I put it in my batter it will make my

batter bitter, but a bit of better butter will make my

batter better.


Alliteration

Name The Rhetorical Device!19. Maureen, tormented by envy and jealousy, put on the flowing green gown for the party where she knew her former lover would be

with another woman.


Symbolism

Name The Rhetorical Device!20. The ending of the game was truly bitter sweet.


Oxymoron

Rhetorical Devices Review

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