Rhetorical Devices - Formative Assessment
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3 questions
Required
5
| Draggable item | arrow_right_alt | Corresponding Item |
|---|---|---|
Alliteration | arrow_right_alt | A figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind (contains "like") |
Simile | arrow_right_alt | A figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable |
Metaphor | arrow_right_alt | The repetition of initial consonant letters or sounds in two or more different words across sentences, clauses, or phrase |
Foreshadow | arrow_right_alt | Suggestions or warnings about events to come are dropped or planted |
Anaphora | arrow_right_alt | Repetition of the same word or group of words at the beginning of a clause |
Required
5
| Draggable item | arrow_right_alt | Corresponding Item |
|---|---|---|
Onomatopoeia | arrow_right_alt | Intentional exaggeration to create effect |
Personification | arrow_right_alt | Endowing non-human objects or creatures with human qualities or characteristics |
Oxymoron | arrow_right_alt | The use of words to convey the opposite of their literal meaning; or, incongruity between what is expected and what actually occurs (situational, verbal, dramatic) |
Irony | arrow_right_alt | A figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction (e.g. faith unfaithful kept him falsely true) |
Hyperbole | arrow_right_alt | The formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named |
Required
3
| Draggable item | arrow_right_alt | Corresponding Item |
|---|---|---|
Logos | arrow_right_alt | Appeal to credibility |
Pathos | arrow_right_alt | Appeal to reason or logic |
Ethos | arrow_right_alt | Appeal to emotion |