Rhetorical Appeals
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100
An appeal that uses facts and statistics to make the audience think.
What is logos?
100
Two unlike things being compared using like or as.
What is a simile?
100
When something is used to stand for/is applied to/symbolizes, another thing.
What is a metaphor?
100
Asking something when the answer is only implied.
What is a rhetorical question?
100
Making objects and animals seem human.
What is personification?
200
An appealform created when an author uses a personal anecdote
What is pathos?
200
The deliberate overdoing of a situation. ex: He ate everything in the house.
What is a hyperbole/exaggeration?
200
Sharing a particular instance of personally encountering or undergoing something.
What is personal anecdote/story?
200
The repetition of initial consonant sounds.
What is alliteration?
200
What is the following an example of?
While some people argue that video games lead to an increase in violence, my position is that no studies have proved a cause and effect relationship between the two. The opposing argument is based on a correlation between violence and video game use, but a correlation is not the same as cause and effect. There have been no studies to indicate that video games cause violent behavior.
What is rebuttal/counterclaim?
300
When a speaker uses experts or other knowledgeable people
What is ethos?
300
A direct or indirect reference to somthing which is commonly known.
What is an allusion?
300
This is part of one of the sentences below. With emphasis adding rhetorical device that is represented below:
'What’s in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet.'
What is a rhetorical question.
300
Words whose pronunciation imitates the sound the word describes. Example: The water splashed onto the rocks.
What is onomatopoeia?
300
What refers to the emotional impact of a word?
Stringy, Greasy vs. Unkempt hair.
What is connotation or loaded language?
400
“I’ve studied the human heart for a lifetime and there’s something you should know, high cholesterol can lead to heart desease. - Dr. Robert Jarvik, inventor of the artificial heart
What is an example of ethos?
400
What type of rhetorical device is being used below? Be specific.
He says, "Lucky me!" after getting hit.
What is verbal irony?
400
Which clarity adding device is represented below?
parallelism
400
Two things placed side by side for comparison. For example: Rich to poor; young to old
What is juxtaposition?
400
The repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses.
"Every breath you take, every move you make, every bond you break, every step you take"
What is anaphora?
500
"There is a child out there seeking shelter, food, and love. You can be that child's hero by providing for their needs for just 38 cents a day."
What is an example of pathos?
500
The humorous usage of a word or phrase to suggest its different meanings. A play on words
What is a pun?
500
Using the same general structure for multiple parts of a sentence or for multiple sentences in order to link them all. Example: “My fellow Americans, ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country.” - John F. Kennedy
What is parallelism?
500
The repitition of vowel sounds. Example: "It beats . . . as it sweeps . . . as it cleans!" - slogan for Hoover vacuum cleaners
What is assonance?
500
What rhetorical device is used in the following?
Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee.
My only love sprung from my only hate.
What is Antithesis?
a figure of speech in which an opposition or contrast of ideas is expressed by parallelism of words that are the opposites of, or strongly contrasted with, each other.