Rhetorical Devices Worksheet
Explore and identify various rhetorical devices used in literature and everyday language with this Grade 6 ELA worksheet.
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Rhetorical Devices Exploration
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Read each question carefully and answer to the best of your ability. This worksheet will help you understand different rhetorical devices.
Read the following passage and then answer the questions below:
The wind whispered secrets through the towering trees, their branches reaching like bony fingers towards the pale moon. The old house stood silent, a lonely sentinel guarding forgotten memories. Time, a relentless thief, had stolen its former glory, leaving only echoes in its wake. The silence was deafening, a thick blanket smothering every sound.
1. Which rhetorical device is used in the phrase "the wind whispered secrets"?
Simile
Metaphor
Personification
Hyperbole
2. The phrase "branches reaching like bony fingers" is an example of what rhetorical device?
Alliteration
Simile
Onomatopoeia
Idiom
3. "Time, a relentless thief" is an example of a .
4. The statement "The silence was deafening" is an example of .
5. Explain the difference between a simile and a metaphor.
6. Alliteration is the repetition of vowel sounds in a phrase.
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False
7. Hyperbole is an extreme exaggeration.
True
False
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