Rhetorical devices
Rhetorical Devices Quiz
Test your knowledge of rhetorical devices with this engaging quiz designed for students, teachers, and language enthusiasts alike. Challenge yourself to identify various literary terms and their definitions to enhance your understanding of writing and communication.
- Multiple choice questions
- Focus on literary devices
- Suitable for all language lovers
Allusion
An indirect reference to something (usually a literary text, although it can be other things commonly known, such as plays, songs, historical events) with which the reader is supposed to be familiar.
Brief recounting of episode
Humor inserted in serious story to lighten mood
Alter Ego
Ordinary conversation
Literal meaning of a word, without connotations
Author expressing views through a character
Active voice
A reference to something
The subject of the sentence performs the action. This is a more direct and preferred style of writing in most cases.
Author trying to express self through character
Diction
A brief recounting of a relevant episode
Word choice, particularly as an element of style
When a humorous scene is inserted into a serious story, in order to lighten the mood somewhat
Classicism
Art or literature characterized by a realistic view of people and the world
Word choice as an element of style
A term used to describe fiction, nonfiction or poetry that teaches a specific lesson or moral or provides a model of correct behavior or thinking.
Antecedent
Literal meaning of a word
The word, phrase, or clause referred to by a pronoun
Art characterized by real view of the world
Didactic
A term used to describe fiction, nonfiction or poetry that teaches a specific lesson or moral or provides a model of correct behavior or thinking.
The word, phrase, or clause referred to by a pronoun
1. Language or dialect of a particular country. 2. Language or dialect of a regional clan or group. 3. Plain everyday speech
Colloquial
The diction used by a certain group
The literal, explicit meaning of a word, without its connotations.
Ordinary or familiar type of conversation
Comic relief
Word choice, particularly as an element of style
When a humorous scene is inserted into a serious story, in order to lighten the mood somewhat
The word, phrase, or clause referred to by a pronoun
Denotation
The literal, explicit meaning of a word, without its connotations.
The diction used by a group which practices a similar profession or activity
The word, phrase, or clause referred to by a pronoun
Jargon
The diction used by a group which practices a similar profession or activity
- 1. Language or dialect of a particular country. 2. Language or dialect of a regional clan or group. 3. Plain everyday speech
The word, phrase, or clause referred to by a pronoun
Vernacular
- 1. Language or dialect of a particular country. 2. Language or dialect of a regional clan or group. 3. Plain everyday speech
Word choice, particularly as an element of style
A brief recounting of a relevant episode
Connotation
Ordinary or familiar type of conversation
Rather than the dictionary definition (denotation), the associations suggested by a word
The word, phrase, or clause referred to by a pronoun
Anecdote
Brief recounting of a relevant episode
Literal meaning of a word
Lightening mood with comedy
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