Rhetorical Devices
Modes of Discourse
Rhetorical Analysis Essay
Language and Logic
Surprise Me!
100

The following is an example of what rhetorical device: His words were like daggers to her heart. 

What is simile?
100
This mode utilizes the strategy of claim and counter claim.
What is argumentation?
100
Contains the purpose, opinions, and points of an essay
What is thesis statement?
100
The characteristics of a group or region's language
What is dialect
100
A word that imitates the sound it describes
What is onomatopoeia
200

Twins who look alike, but have very different personalities may be viewed together to show their_____?


What is juxtaposition? 
200

What mode would best respond to the following...

Last Valentine's Day was the worst ever! 


What is narration? 
200
SOAPST
What is Speaker, Occasion, Audience, Subject and Tone?
200
The understood or implied meaning of a word or phrase
What is connotation
200
Where is Ms. Peer from?
What is Baltimore
300

“The earth laughs beneath my feet, At the blasphemy in my old jangly walk.” is best described as... 

What is personification? 
300

What mode would best respond to the following...

Last Valentine's Day Danielle's boyfriend bought her two dresses. He told her to choose one to wear to dinner. One dress was  a long halter with beading on the bust area. The other dress was a classic little black dress. 


 

What is compare and contrast?
300
The structure of a poem's rhythm
What is meter
300
The literal definition of a word
What is denotation
300
A question asked to make a point; a reply is not expected
What is a rhetorical question
400

What rhetorical device best describes the following...

There are couples who dislike one another furiously for several hours at a time; there are couples who dislike one another permanently; and there are couples who never dislike one another; but these last are people who are incapable of disliking anybody.


What is parallelism?
400
What Mode of Discourse utilizes the strategy of arranged order? 
What is process analysis?
400
A symbolic representation of something (like a moral/lesson)
What is an allegory
400
A person speaks to an imaginary or abstract idea
What is an apostrophe
400
What college team does Ms. Peer root for? (Hint: she went to school there!)
What is University of Maryland / Terps
500

The following can be best described as what rhetorical device...

The eccentric Esther enthused her listeners.


What is assonance?
500

What mode would best respond to the following...


Being a hippie is not about putting a flower in your hair and dancing around in your bare feet. Being a hippie means approaching life’s obstacles in a way that promotes freedom, peace, love and respect for our earth and all of mankind.  

What is exemplification?
500
Figures of speech are examples of ____________.
What is figurative language
500
When the words in a sentence or several sentences have the same structure
What is parallel structure
500
What sports does Ms. Peer coach at Falls Church?
What is field hockey and lacrosse
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