Rhetorical Devices
The wind whistled all night long.
Personification
What is the rhetorical device used below?
You are a pig.
Metaphor
Ethos appeals to what?
Ethics or credibility
What rhetorical appeal is used below?
He is a forensics and ballistics expert for the federal government — if anyone's qualified to determine the murder weapon, it's him.
Ethos
Does the following sentence need a comma?
We are having a pep rally today but not tomorrow.
No
What is the rhetorical device used below?
It was as cold as ice outside this morning.
Simile
What figure of speech is used below?
The sunlight danced across the surface of the water.
Pathos appeals to what?
Emotion or feelings
What rhetorical appeal is used below?
After years of this type of disrespect from your boss, countless hours wasted, birthdays missed … it's time that you took a stand.
Pathos
Where does the comma go in the following sentence?
After the game tonight I am going to go home and sleep.
After the game tonight, I am going to go home and sleep.
An exaggerated statement is called a what?
Hyperbole
What is the rhetorical device used below?
After years of not speaking to each other, they finally decided to bury the hatchet and become friends again.
Idiom
Logos appeals to what?
Logical thinking (using facts, numbers, etc.)
What rhetorical appeal is use below?
You know me — I've taught Sunday School at your church for years, babysat your children, and served as a playground director for many summers — so you know I can run your preschool.
Ethos
How many commas are needed in this sentence?
Before we go out to eat we have have to clean the house and we have to fold our laundry.
2
What is the rhetorical device used below?
I am so hungry, I could eat a horse.
Hyperbole
What rhetorical appeal is used below?
Students who practice timed ACT tests at least once a week are 76% more likely to raise their score.
Logos
What rhetorical appeal is used below?
More than one hundred studies have been conducted over the past decade, and none of them suggests that this is an effective treatment for hair loss.
Logos
FANBOYS
What is the rhetorical device used below?
Life is a highway.
Metpahor
What is an allusion?
A figure of speech which makes a reference to a historical or literary work, figure, event, or object.
What rhetorical appeal is used below?
Please think about adopting that dog. It has been at the shelter for 5 years, and it is just looking for a place to call home after its owner abandoned it.
Pathos
What rhetorical appeal is used below?
If we don't move soon, we're all going to die! It is too dangerous here.
Pathos
Where do the commas go in the following sentence?
Since we don't have school on Election Day I am going to sleep in for I am very tired.
Since we don't have school on Election Day, I am going to sleep in, for I am very tired.