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.

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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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