What am I?
Rhetorical Devices
Examples
Satirical Devices
Misc.
100
When a speaker uses vague language to confuse or manipulate the audience
equivocation
100
What do you call it when an argument is directed against a person rather than the position they are maintaining
Ad Hominem
100
What fallacy is this:
"before you listen to her, I should remind you that she has been charged with embezzlement"
ad hominem
100
When something is said that is the opposite of what is expected or meant
Verbal Irony
100
What device is being used in this comic?
Verbal Irony
Hyperbole
200
You should join this club because everyone else is!
Bandwagon
200
What do you call it when an argument is simplified because it's easier to defeat than the orginal argument
Strawman
200
What satircal device is this:
a character stepping out into a hurricane and saying "what nice weather we're having here today"
verbal irony
200
An exaggeration
Hyperbole
200
What is this an example of:
"The car was suffering and was in need of some TLC"
Personification
300
Using humor for the purpose of making people think about something differently
satire
300
When an argument states that if one course of action takes place it will lead to something else that will lead to something else...
Slippery Slope
300
Here is the best example in the history of the world!!!
Hyperbole
300
Presenting something as smaller or less important than it actually is
understatement
300
Two opposing things being placed close together or compared
juxtaposition
400
In "I Have a Dream" Martin Luther King compares the segregation to a bad check
metaphor
400
When an argument uses expert opinion to back it up
Appeal to Authority / Ethos
400
If I don't pass tomorrow's exam, this will affect my GPA, which in turn will impact my chances of going to a good college, which will lead to not getting a job which means I will be homeless if I fail the test.
Slippery Slope
400
A statement that is bizarre or nonsensical
absurdity
400
What fallacy is this an example of:
a diet product suggesting either you use their product and lose weight or you don't and remain overweight ignoring all other methods
false dilemma / either or
500
Butterfly represents transformation
symbolism
500
A claim based on insufficient evidence
Hasty Generalization
500
Which satirical device is this an exampel of:
"The embarassed girl's face turned as red as a beat" (the correct answer is not simile)
Analogy
500
Something that happens that is unexpected or the opposite of what was expected
situational irony
500
In a scary movie when the audience knows the killer is behind the door but the girl about to be murdered does not
dramatic irony