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
What refers to the emotional impact of a word?
Stringy, Greasy vs. Unkempt hair.
Charged 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
Using a quote or statistic to support your argument
What is a reference?
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 irony?
400
Which clarity adding device is represented below?
parallelism
400
Which rhetorical choice is this?
Peter piper picked a peck of pickled pepper.
What is alliteratiion?
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
When a celebrity is used to advertise for something.
For example, Travis Kelce on the Pfizer commericals.
What is testimonial?
500
The dramatic sad dog commericals are an example of what rhetorical appeal?
What is pathos?