Question

Match each rhetorical device with its example

1- Oxymoron
2-Understatement
3- Euphemism
4- Hyperbole
5- Metaphor
6-Paradox
A: I have some bad news I have to go
B: Controlled chaos
C: Each fall the new crops of students arrive
D: Here once the embattled farmers stood and fired the shot heard round the world
E: I have to have this operation it isn’t ver serious I have this tiny little tumor on the brain
F: I’m a liar that’s the truth

Answer 1

The rhetorical devices can be matched with their examples as follows: 1. Oxymoron: A: I have some bad news I have to go, 2. Understatement: E: I have to have this operation it isn’t ver serious I have this tiny little tumor on the brain, 3. Euphemism: C: Each fall the new crops of students arrive, 4. Hyperbole: D: Here once the embattled farmers stood and fired the shot heard round the world, 5. Metaphor: F: I’m a liar that’s the truth, 6. Paradox: B: Controlled chaos

Step-by-step explanation:

The rhetorical devices can be matched with their examples as follows:

1. Oxymoron: A: I have some bad news I have to go
2. Understatement: E: I have to have this operation it isn’t ver serious I have this tiny little tumor on the brain
3. Euphemism: C: Each fall the new crops of students arrive
4. Hyperbole: D: Here once the embattled farmers stood and fired the shot heard round the world
5. Metaphor: F: I’m a liar that’s the truth
6. Paradox: B: Controlled chaos