Vocabulary
Vocabulary
Rhetorical Devices
general question
100

She had an interesting ______, and she made him think about things differently.

Perspective, deliberate, impulsive, stimulant, anonymous, inhibited, Teenage, adulthood, collaborate, inflammatory, disingenuous

Perspective

100
  • To ___________ means slow and measured, the pace of this kind of careful decision making.

Perspective, deliberate, impulsive, stimulant, anonymous, inhibited, Teenage, adulthood, collaborate, inflammatory, disingenuous

deliberate

100

“You can imagine what a mess her room was after that”


What is the rhetorical device here?

analog:

direct address

juxtaposition

rhetorical question

direct address

100
  • Have you ever felt ________ when asked to read out your work to your group?

Perspective, deliberate, impulsive, stimulant, anonymous, inhibited, Teenage, adulthood, collaborate, inflammatory, disingenuous

inhibited

200
  • There's been some ________ phone calls over Billy Langstrom's death.

Perspective, deliberate, impulsive, stimulant, anonymous, inhibited, Teenage, adulthood, collaborate, inflammatory, disingenuous

anonymous

200
  • Had his offer been as __________ as her acceptance?

Perspective, deliberate, impulsive, stimulant, anonymous, inhibited, Teenage, adulthood, collaborate, inflammatory, disingenuous

impulsive

200

After dinner, I have to put the dishes in the dishwasher. My brother gets to go to his room to do homework. (The difference points out the unfairness.

juxtaposition

300
  • To raise a child to _______ requires your heart, energy, time, and wealth.

Perspective, deliberate, impulsive, stimulant, anonymous, inhibited, Teenage, adulthood, collaborate, inflammatory, disingenuous

adulthood

300

Teams of scientists in different parts of the world can _________ virtually.


Perspective, deliberate, impulsive, stimulant, anonymous, inhibited, Teenage, adulthood, collaborate, inflammatory, disingenuous

collaborate

300

Alex is like a fish in the water; he can swim faster and farther than anyone. He’s more at home in the water than out. (It explains how well he swims.)

analogy

400
  • I don't appreciate when you equivocate with me, it seems ________.

 

Perspective, deliberate, impulsive, stimulant, anonymous, inhibited, Teenage, adulthood, collaborate, inflammatory, disingenuous

 

disingenuous

400
  • Under one or other of these forms the use of tobacco is more widely spread than is that of any other ________.

Perspective, deliberate, impulsive, stimulant, anonymous, inhibited, Teenage, adulthood, collaborate, inflammatory, disingenuous


stimulant

400

That’s a great idea for a gift. Who doesn’t like chocolate? (It shows how great the idea is.

rhetorical question

500
  • It's hard to judge a guy by _______ love letters.

Perspective, deliberate, impulsive, stimulant, anonymous, inhibited, Teenage, adulthood, collaborate, inflammatory, disingenuous

Teenage

500
  • After a short period of freedom she was again arrested for making ______ speeches.

Perspective, deliberate, impulsive, stimulant, anonymous, inhibited, Teenage, adulthood, collaborate, inflammatory, disingenuous

 inflammatory

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