Rhetorical Devices
Rhetorical appeal or device in King's speech to MIA
Rhetorical appeal or device in Reagan's speech
SOAPSTone
Figurative Language
100
A question asked for effect rather than for response.
What is a rhetorical question?
100
"Negroes in Montgomery... have been afflicted with the paralysis of crippling fears."
What is metaphor or what is pathos?
100
"We don't hide our space program. We don't keep secrets and cover things up. We do it all up front and in public."
What is parallel structure, or what is tricolon, or what is antithesis, what is ethos, or what is logos?
100
The A in SOAPSTone
What is audience?
100
A comparison between two unalike ideas
What is metaphor?
200
A list of three
What is tricolon?
200
"I want to say that we are not here advocating violence...I want it to be known...that we are Christian people."
What is ethos?
200
"On this day 300 year ago, Sir Francis Drake died aboard ship off the coast of Panama..."
What is allusion, or what is pathos??
200
The O in SOAPSTone
What is occasion?
200
This is a comparison of unalike things using "as" or "like"
What is simile?
300
A question, followed by an answer
What is hypophora?
300
"If we are wrong, the Supreme Court of this nation is wrong. If we are wrong, the Constitution of the United States is wrong. If we are wrong, God almighty is wrong."
What is parallel structure, what is tricolon, or what is logos?
300
"The future doesn't belong to the fainthearted; it belongs to the brave."
What is antithesis, or what is pathos?
300
The P in SOAPSTone
What is purpose?
300
This is attributing human qualities to nonhuman objects or situations
What is personificaton?
400
Statements that are not to be taken literally
What is figurative language?
400
"We are determined...to work and fight until justice runs down like water, and righteousness like a mighty stream."
What is simile, or what is figurative language, what is parallel structure, or what is pathos?
400
"There will be more shuttle flights and more shuttle crews and, yes, more volunteers, more civilians, more teachers in space."
What is tricolon, or what is logos?
400
What is the rhetorical situation?
400
This is exaggeration used for emphasis
What is hyperbole?
500
"Hope for the best but prepare for the worst" is an example of which rhetorical device?
What is antithesis?
500
"He's also the God that stands up before the nations and says, 'Be still and know that I'm God, that if you don't obey me I will break the backbone of your power.'"
What is an allusion?
500
"Nancy and I are pained to the core by the tragedy of the shuttle Challenger. We know we share this pain with all of the people of our country. This is truly a national loss."
What is pathos, or what is ethos?
500
This helps to identify a speaker's tone when you are reading the text of a speech.
What is word choice or what is specific words/phrases/sentences?
500
This is when seemingly contradictory things are both true.
What is paradox?