Rhetorical Devices Quiz: Multiple Choice Questions

Absolutely! Here's a **40-question multiple choice quiz** on the rhetorical devices you gave me, each using a quote or crafted sentence. Every rhetorical device appears **at least once**, and each question includes **four options**, with an answer key provided at the end. --- ### 📘 **Rhetorical D...

Absolutely! Here's a **40-question multiple choice quiz** on the rhetorical devices you gave me, each using a quote or crafted sentence. Every rhetorical device appears **at least once**, and each question includes **four options**, with an answer key provided at the end. --- ### 📘 **Rhetorical Devices Covered** **Alliteration, Allusion, Anaphora, Antithesis, Apostrophe, Climax, Euphemism, Irony, Metaphor, Rhetorical Question, Simile, Hyperbole, Onomatopoeia, Personification, Rule of Three, Parallelism, Epistrophe, Oxymoron** --- ## ✏️ **Rhetorical Devices Quiz (Multiple Choice)** --- ### 1. "Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers." a) Onomatopoeia b) Alliteration c) Simile d) Euphemism --- ### 2. "He’s a real Einstein when it comes to math." a) Irony b) Allusion c) Metaphor d) Epistrophe --- ### 3. "We shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields..." a) Anaphora b) Simile c) Apostrophe d) Parallelism --- ### 4. "It was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness..." a) Rule of Three b) Metaphor c) Antithesis d) Euphemism --- ### 5. "O death, where is thy sting?" a) Apostrophe b) Rhetorical Question c) Simile d) Both a and b --- ### 6. "She came, she saw, she conquered." a) Hyperbole b) Simile c) Rule of Three d) Irony --- ### 7. "He passed away last night." a) Euphemism b) Allusion c) Personification d) Metaphor --- ### 8. "The wind whispered through the trees." a) Onomatopoeia b) Hyperbole c) Personification d) Simile --- ### 9. "Boom! Crash! The thunder roared!" a) Hyperbole b) Euphemism c) Onomatopoeia d) Metaphor --- ### 10. "She’s as fierce as a lioness." a) Simile b) Metaphor c) Irony d) Epistrophe --- ### 11. "I’m so hungry I could eat a horse." a) Hyperbole b) Simile c) Personification d) Irony --- ### 12. "To be, or not to be, that is the question." a) Anaphora b) Irony c) Parallelism d) Antithesis --- ### 13. "Ask not what your country can do for you – ask what you can do for your country." a) Antithesis b) Rhetorical Question c) Parallelism d) Climax --- ### 14. "Justice is blind." a) Personification b) Simile c) Allusion d) Euphemism --- ### 15. "Bang! The fireworks exploded in the night sky." a) Simile b) Onomatopoeia c) Irony d) Alliteration --- ### 16. "We were tired, we were cold, we were defeated." a) Rule of Three b) Climax c) Epistrophe d) Oxymoron --- ### 17. "He is the sun of my universe." a) Simile b) Metaphor c) Allusion d) Hyperbole --- ### 18. "War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength." a) Metaphor b) Irony c) Oxymoron d) Antithesis --- ### 19. "If you prick us, do we not bleed?" a) Rhetorical Question b) Apostrophe c) Personification d) Hyperbole --- ### 20. "She’s walking through the valley of death." a) Euphemism b) Allusion c) Irony d) Oxymoron --- ### 21. "Better late than never." a) Hyperbole b) Alliteration c) Antithesis d) Simile --- ### 22. "They fought valiantly, they bled endlessly, they died heroically." a) Epistrophe b) Rule of Three c) Alliteration d) Irony --- ### 23. "You’re seriously wearing *that* to the wedding?" a) Irony b) Rhetorical Question c) Euphemism d) Simile --- ### 24. "I told you to clean your room a million times!" a) Hyperbole b) Euphemism c) Metaphor d) Simile --- ### 25. "Oh, stars, why must you hide from me tonight?" a) Apostrophe b) Irony c) Simile d) Allusion --- ### 26. "They were laughing, crying, dying." a) Oxymoron b) Rule of Three c) Simile d) Metaphor --- ### 27. "The path of the righteous man is beset on all sides..." a) Metaphor b) Climax c) Allusion d) Personification --- ### 28. "You won’t be sorry." a) Irony b) Euphemism c) Metaphor d) Hyperbole --- ### 29. "Speak now or forever hold your peace." a) Irony b) Rhetorical Question c) Allusion d) Parallelism --- ### 30. "She danced like the wind." a) Simile b) Personification c) Metaphor d) Climax --- ### 31. "Freezer burn" a) Metaphor b) Euphemism c) Oxymoron d) Simile --- ### 32. "Let the rain kiss you." a) Metaphor b) Personification c) Simile d) Allusion --- ### 33. "Can we just not talk about it?" a) Rhetorical Question b) Apostrophe c) Euphemism d) Irony --- ### 34. "Government of the people, by the people, for the people..." a) Anaphora b) Parallelism c) Rule of Three d) Both b and c --- ### 35. "He ran fast, faster, and fastest." a) Climax b) Simile c) Anaphora d) Alliteration --- ### 36. "Love is a battlefield." a) Simile b) Allusion c) Metaphor d) Irony --- ### 37. "Drip drop went the rain." a) Alliteration b) Onomatopoeia c) Simile d) Euphemism --- ### 38. "He lied, he cried, he died." a) Alliteration b) Rule of Three c) Epistrophe d) Hyperbole --- ### 39. "We cannot dedicate—we cannot consecrate—we cannot hallow—this ground." a) Epistrophe b) Anaphora c) Climax d) Oxymoron --- ### 40. "That’s one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind." a) Simile b) Metaphor c) Antithesis d) Hyperbole --- ## ✅ **Answer Key** 1. b 2. b 3. a 4. c 5. d 6. c 7. a 8. c 9. c 10. a 11. a 12. d 13. a 14. a 15. b 16. a 17. b 18. d 19. a 20. b 21. c 22. b 23. b 24. a 25. a 26. b 27. c 28. a 29. b 30. a 31. c 32. b 33. a 34. d 35. a 36. c 37. b 38. b 39. c 40. c --- Let me know if you'd like this as a printable worksheet or formatted for an online quiz app like Kahoot or Google Forms!