Literary Devices
Speeches
Persuasion 1
Persuasion 2
Persuasion 3
100
Suzy sells seashells by the seashore.
What is alliteration
100
10 sentences and 267 words
What is the length of the Gettysburg address?
100
An appeal to emotion
What is ethos
100
A persuasive technique that offers you "something extra."
What is bribery?
100
A coffee manufacturer shows people dressed in formal gowns and tuxedos drinking their brand at an art gallery.
What is snob appeal?
200
Mrs. Wormsbaker likes to read, to write, and to make quizzes.
What is parallelism?
200
One of the greatest examples of "rags to riches" and "American Dream."
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
200
An appeal to credibility or character
What is ethos?
200
The suggestion that some almost miraculous discovery makes this product exceptionally effective.
What is magic ingredients?
200
"where little black boys and black girls will be able to join hands with little white boys and white girls and walk together as sisters and brothers"
What is pathos?
300
"The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it, far above our poor power to add or detract."
What is antithesis?
300
One of the most recognized symbols of the civil rights movement.
What is "I Have A Dream"
300
An appeal to logic or reason
What is logos?
300
Positive words, images, and ideas are used to suggest that the product being sold is also positive.
What is transfer?
300
Tiger Woods endorses Nike.
What is ethos.
400
London Bridges, falling down, falling down, falling down.
What is repetition?
400
"Of the people, by the people, for the people"
What is alliteration, repetition, and parallelism?
400
An image of people enjoying themselves while drinking Pepsi.
What is pathos?
400
The suggestion that the product is a practical product of good value for ordinary people.
What is plain folks.
400
One glass of Florida orange juice contains 75% or your daily Vitamin C needs.
What is logos.
500
The emotion that a word carries apart from its dictionary meaning.
What is connotation?
500
"Flames of withering justice"
What is imagergy?
500
Nine out of 10 dentists agree that Crest is better than any other brand.
What is ethos?
500
The suggestion that you should join the crowd or be on the winning side by using a product--you don't want to be the only person without it!
What is bandwagon?
500
Lincoln leaves out the words "Confederate" and "Union" from his speech and repeats, often, words like "nation" and "we" and "people."
What is ethos or pathos?
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