Rhetorical Cohesion Devices Quiz 24 (25 MCQs)

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1. An example of a synecdoche is
2. I have been one acquainted with the night.I have walked out in rain-and back in rain.I have outwalked the furthest city light.I have looked down the saddest city lane.I have passed by the watchman on his beatAnd dropped my eyes, unwilling to explain.
3. The constant complaints of our opponents make me feel as though I'm in a large drumthat is being beaten by a small child.
4. This refers to the writer's use of vivid and descriptive language that appeal to the senses in order to add depth to his/her work.
5. To use words to mean the opposite of their literal meaning
6. If I personify something, then I give it what?
7. Which of the following rhetorical devices uses the repetition of consonant sounds in the middle of or at the end of several closely connected words.
8. How do you know when ANTITHESIS is being used?
9. Complete the analogy.Smart is to intelligent as tasty is to .....
10. The repetition of the same initial consonants of words or of stressed syllables in any sequence of neighboring words
11. "It went zip when it moved and bop when it stopped ..... I never knew just what it was and I guess I never will." The example above contains what rhetorical device?
12. Love is an ideal thing, marriage is the real thing.
13. "The sun shone brightly upon the golden fields of wheat."-UnknownWhat rhetorical device is exemplified in this quote?
14. What the author's purpose in writing an article about the beauty of the pumpkin patch in the full autumn season with leaves, fall flowers, and other items of fall?
15. A reference to an object or person by naming only a part of the object or person
16. What 3 things must you do to score a 1 in Row A of the thesis?
17. This rhetorical device that is an arrangement of words or sentences in similar grammatical form to show the ideas are equal in importance. Examples of this are: "Easy come, easy go.Like father, like son.I have a dream."
18. What is an example of a False Dilemma fallacy?
19. Which rhetorical device is being used in the sentence 'She sells seashells by the seashore'?
20. What is a statement called that claims or criticism is not true?
21. We are here to struggle, we are here to fight, we are here to win. We are not here to give up, we are not here to back down, we are not here to lose!
22. A student says, "You should really try these baked Cheetos. They have 500 calories less than the regular Cheetos. In fact, they have 700 fewer calories than french fries." The student is using which type of rhetorical device?
23. Means:A phrase or sentence that is repeated in reverse order using the exact same words and grammatical pattern
24. A reference to another work of literature, person, or event.
25. A type of metaphor in which the comparison is made explicit through the use of words such as like, as, similar to, or resembles.