Quotes
Devices
Definitions
100

"That's the worst idea I've ever heard!" is an example of this rhetorical device.

Hyperbole

100

Ethos is an appeal to this concept. 

Character or Ethic

100

This appeals to the audience's logic.

Logos
200

The names of Krispy Kreme, Dunkin' Donuts, and Coca-Cola all use this rhetorical device. 

Alliteration

200

Kairos is an appeal to this element. 

Time

200

This is an appeal to emotion.

Pathos

300

"Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country" is an example of this device. 

Chiasmus
300

Dialogismus refers to this specific frame.

Imagining what someone else is thinking.

300

This describes the act of inserting an attention-grabbing word into a sentence.

Asterismos

400

"Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to hate. Hate leads to suffering" is an example of this form of rhetoric.

Anadiplosis

400

Apophasis brings to mind this type of information.

Referring to something by saying that thing should not be brought up.

400

This term describes the inversion of the beginning of a sentence, creating a sense of balance. 

Chiasmus

500

"I'm carrying the weight of the world on my shoulders" shows the use of this rhetorical device. 

Allusion

500

Anaphora describes this repetitious rhetorical device.

Repeating the same phrase at the beginning of sentences. 

500

This describes when a speaker poses a question and immediately gives an answer. 

Hypophora

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