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Rhetorical Triangle
In images
RANDOM
100
Comparing two objects using like or as
Simile
100
"It was cold, our breaths came out in front of us, there were no leaves on the trees; gray sky, two ducks in the pond, disconsolate."(Handmaid's Tale pg. 38)
Imagery
100
"A minute later she asked me if I loved her. I told her it didn't mean anything but that I didn't think so." (Stranger pg 3)
Pathos
100
Specifically looking at the statistics.
Use of statistics, Logos, use of larger font
100
How many countries are there in the world?
195
200
When the author hints or suggests future events in a story
Foreshadowing
200
"Here! I made you another bread-swan. It's the uncle of the first one." (Persepolis pg. 69)
Symbolism
200
"A survey reported this week suggests that 6/10 people in the UK want the government to prioritize health and well being" (Monbiot - University of Life)
Logos
200
Specifically looking at the objects.
Personification
200
What is the biggest company in the U.S.
Microsoft
300
Occurs when a moment of dialogue or plot contradicts what the audience expects from a character or story
Irony
300
Magdalena Oliver had been with him on the boar and couldn't take her eyes of him during the whole trip "He looked like a fairy," (Chronicle pg. 26)
Simile
300
“you, my creator, detest and spurn me, thy creature, to whom thou art bound by ties only dissoluble by the annihilation of one of us” (Frankenstein pg.113)
Ethos
300
Color - Red
300
How many sheep are there in the world?
1.2 billion
400
The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words
Alliteration
400
"It was flying! Looping around and trying to climb even higher into the sky. You shouted to me let it have more string... You came up and joined me. You were laughing." (Master Harold & The Boys pg. 30)
Flashback
400
"Luke, I say. He doesn't answer. Maybe he doesn't hear me. It occurs to me that he may not be alive." (pg 74)
Pathos
400
Specifically looking at the objects
Symbolism
400
What is the smallest country in the world?
Vatican City
500
A figure of speech that does not literally mean what it says. It has usually been passed down from generation to generation.
Idiom
500
"The cold stars shone in mockery, and the bare trees waved their branches above me; now and then the sweet voice of a bird burst forth amidst the universal stillness." (Frankenstein ch. 16)
Personification
500
"Yet it is in your power to recompense me, and deliver them from an evil which it only remains for you to make so great." (Frankenstein 115"
Ethos
500
Specifically looking at the bone
Metaphor
500
what is the highest temperature recorded on earth
131.1 F