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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

What refers to the emotional impact of a word? 

Stringy, Greasy vs. Unkempt hair. 

Connotation or loaded language

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

Repeating the beginning of a phrase or word

Anaphora

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 rhetorical device is the following?

Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee.

What is antithesis

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

Making objects and animals seem human.

What is personification?

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 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.

Rebuttal/Counterclaim.

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