She's Got Ethos
What's a Metaphor For?
Alliteration Nation
Watch Yo Diction
Name That Fallacy
100

For slaves, life was death, and death was life.

Chiasmus

100

But a better butter makes a batter better.

alliteration

100

BRUTUS:
“Who is here so base that would be a bondman? If any, speak; for him have I offended. Who is here so rude that would not be a Roman? If any, speak; for him have I offended. Who is here so vile that will not love his country? If any, speak; for him have I offended …”

Rhetorical Questions

100

Ads encouraging charitable donations show small children living in pathetic conditions, to evoke pity in people.

Pathos

100
Feeding kids meat is child abuse!

Scare Tactics

200

One cause, one country, one heart.  

Asyndeton / Anaphora

200

Y'all are makin' me cray cray.

Colloquialism / Colloquial Diction/Language

200

A red rose, or the color red, stands for love or romance.

Symbolism / Connotation

200

As of 2018, according to Fortune magazine, renewable Energy Surges to 18% of U.S. Power Mix.

Logos

200

You can either hate animals or be a vegan.

Either-or Fallacy

300

“There were frowzy fields and cow-houses and dunghills and dustheaps and ditches and gardens, and summer-houses and carpet-beating grounds, at the very door of the Railway." from Dombey and Son, by Charles Dickens

Polysyndeton

300

The new airline claims to be fast, efficient, and safe.

Parallelism / Parallel Structure

300

It's an open secret that those two people are dating.

Oxymoron
300

Words are daggers when spoken in anger.

Metaphor

300

Marilyn Monroe uses Lustre Creme Shampoo. So it must be good!

False Authority

400

“I can resist anything but temptation.” – Oscar Wilde

Paradox

400

The old man was older than the Himalayas.

Hyperbole

400

I'm so sorry for breaking wind in the car.

Euphemism

400

The student moved as fast as lightning after getting permission from the teacher for an early release.

Simile

400

Can we let a shrimp like this run our great country?

Ad Hominem

500

You are easy on the eyes, but hard on the heart.

Antithesis

500

BRUTUS:
“Who is here so base that would be a bondman? If any, speak; for him have I offended. Who is here so rude that would not be a Roman? If any, speak; for him have I offended. Who is here so vile that will not love his country? If any, speak; for him have I offended …”

Epistrophe

500

Which of the three Rhetorical appeals?

“Doctors all over the world recommend this type of treatment.”

Ethos

500

Name that diction: "I regret to inform you that that is not the case." 

Elevated/Formal Diction

500

Her visitor was British, so she was certain of the beverage to offer: tea.

Hasty Generalization

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