rhetorical devices quiz

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rhetorical devices quiz for grade 9 english. pretty boring but it helps..
Leen AlThukair
Quiz by Leen AlThukair, updated more than 1 year ago
Leen AlThukair
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Question 1

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diction is the authors choice of words.
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  • True
  • False

Question 2

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cliches are words or expressions that have lost their freshness or originality.
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 3

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denotation is an association that comes along with a particular word
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  • True
  • False

Question 4

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Colonial expressions are informal words or phrases, and sentences that are generally appropriate for spoken conversations than for written essays.
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 5

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What is a speech pattern typical of a certain regional location, race, or social group that exhibits itself through unique word choice, pronunciation, and/or grammatical usage.
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  • dialect
  • jargon
  • idion

Question 6

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Special language of a certain group or profession, such as psychological jargon, legal jargon, or medical jargon. Match...
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  • idiom
  • jargon

Question 7

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What are the types of readers syntax (hint: The way in which words and punctuation are used and arranged to form phrases, clauses, and sentences. EXCLUDING declarative and imperative sentances) THERE ARE 8
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  • interrogative sentances
  • exclamatory sentances
  • Natural order sentances
  • Loose sentances
  • inverted order sentences
  • antithesis
  • slang
  • epithet
  • periodic sentences
  • jargon

Question 8

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what are 8 types of readers moods excluding seriousness, humorous, playful, and sarcasm?
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  • sympathetic
  • entertaining
  • somber
  • objective
  • vindictive
  • subjective
  • optemistic
  • pessimistic
  • hatred
  • caustic

Question 9

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authors purpose is the author’s intended audience which, when identified, reveals the purpose for writing.
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  • True
  • False

Question 10

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what are the 7 types of imagery?
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  • visual
  • auditory
  • metaphore
  • gustatory
  • kinetic
  • thermal
  • simile
  • tactile
  • physical
  • olfactory

Question 11

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metaphor, personification, simile, parody, hyperbole, and oxymoron are types of ...
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  • counter points
  • analogy

Question 12

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symbolism, allusion, flashback, irony, sarcasm, plot development, satire, foreshadowing, and characterisation are all examples of...
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  • counter points
  • points of views
  • analogies
  • figurative languages

Question 13

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3rd person is the focus tightly in on the central character by limiting observation only to what that character could possibly witness or recall , commits the author to be omniscient . In this sentence what does omniscient mean?
Answer
  • godly
  • scientists and professors
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