Rhetorical Devices
Rhetorical Situations
Rhetorical Appeals (Examples)
100

I've got a million things on my plate!

What is a hyperbole? 

100

The group of people that the writer is trying to reach and persuade 

What is an audience?

100

Your donation might get this puppy off the street and into a good home!

What is an example of pathos?

200

I made my way to the lake

What is assonance? 

200

The means by which a writer conveys attitudes, more specifically what attitude the writer wants to convey to the reader

What is tone?

200

The World Economic Forum predicts that AI and automation could replace 75 million jobs by 2025

What is an example of logos?

300

I saw bats

What is ambiguity? 

300

The persona adopted be the author to deliver his or her message

What is a speaker?

300

The moisturizer that has gone viral has been recommended by dermatologists 

What is an example of ethos? 

400

Reduce, Reuse, Recycle

What is a polysyndeton?

400

The part of a rhetorical situation that inspires, stimulates, provokes, or prompts writers to create a text

What is a exigence? 

400

If you don't turn in your homework, your grade will suffer

What is an example of logos?

500

Statement 1: If a student studies, they will get an A

Statement 2: If a student studies, they will be happy

Conclusion: If a student studies they will be happy 

What is a syllogism?

500

The extra-textual environment in which the text is being delivered

What is context?

500

He knows his dinosaur fossils because he has been the leading paleontology researcher in the museum for 20 years

What is an example of pathos?

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