Rhetoric
This rhetorical device does not require an answer but is instead posed to make one think.
What is Rhetorical Question?
The first sentence, and the one that gives the subject of the Schaffer paragraph.
What is the topic sentence?
This device makes a reference to something else in literature or history.
What is allusion?
Clues in the story that show what a specific unknown word means.
What are context clues?
When an advertiser suggests a product is too expensive for most of the general public.
What is snob appeal?
This rhetorical device repeats itself, repeats itself, until the point is driven home.
What is Repetition?
This sentence ends the paragraph and wraps up the point.
What is the conclusion (concluding) sentence?
This device begins several words in a row with the same phonic sound (or phoneme).
What is alliteration?
This is the overall meaning of a piece of writing.
What is theme (or topic)?
When an advertiser suggests that the spokesperson is just like the consumer.
What is plain folks testimonial (or common people)?
This rhetorical device is used to exaggerate a point to make an impact.
What is Hyperbole?
This sentence gives a quote or fact, usually from a text you are referencing to make a point.
What is a concrete detail sentence?
This device has two or more words that end with the same phonic sound (or phoneme).
What is rhyme?
This is how the writer means for the writing to sound to his or her audience.
What is author's tone?
When advertisers use words that evoke an emotional response in the consumer.
What is loaded words?
This rhetorical device is used when comparing two similar things for the purpose of explanation.
What is an analogy?
This sentence begins to explain more about the evidence or textual support.
What is the first commentary sentence?
This is one way to measure poetry, especially in Sonnets.
What is iambic pentameter?
This is what the text is about in general.
What is subject?
When an advertiser skews the numbers or misrepresents the data in order to make a product seem better than it is.
What is misuse of statistics?
This rhetorical device is used to balance phrases and sentences to impart grace to a passage.
What is Parallelism?
This sentence wraps up the explanation of the text evidence and bridges the way to a conclusion in a one chunk Schaffer.
What is the second commentary sentence?
This device is what happens when end sounds of words are not quite identical, and so the words sound similar but not the same.
What is slant rhyme?
These are the specific words the author has chosen to impart the message to the reader.
What is diction?
Using a celebrity to endorse a product when they have no expert knowledge in the field of that product.
What is celebrity testimonial?