Opening Arguments
This appeal uses logic, facts, and reasoning to convince an audience
What is Logos
This figure of speech compares two unlike things using the words like or as.
What is a simile
When a speaker repeats a word or phrase for emphasis, this is called ______.
What is repetition
A short personal story used to illustrate a point is called a(n) ______.
What is an anecdote
Which rhetorical device is being used in this line? “Can anyone look at this injustice and still stay silent?”
What is a rhetorical question
“As a doctor, I can assure you this treatment is safe.” Which appeal is this?
What is Ethos
This figure of speech is an exaggerated statement not meant to be taken literally, like “I’m so hungry I could eat a horse."
What is hyperbole
The side-by-side placement of contrasting ideas is known as ______.
What is juxtaposition?
A question asked for effect, not for an actual answer, is called a(n) ______.
What is a rhetorical question
In persuasive writing, which appeal is most undermined when a speaker is caught lying about their background?
What is ethos
An animal shelter ad shows sad puppies in cages to persuade people to donate. Which appeal is this?
What is Pathos
Which figure of speech is being used in the phrase “bittersweet victory”?
What is an oxymoron
Ask not what your country can do for you ask what you can do for your country.” This famous line is an example of ______.
What is parallelism
A speaker says, “The harsh clanging of metal echoed through the alley.” Which rhetorical element is being highlighted here?
What is diction
Identify the rhetorical device at play: “Her smile was ice, freezing everyone who dared to come near.”
What is a metaphor?
A politician gives a speech right after a natural disaster, arguing that “now is the time to act.” Which appeal is this?
What is Kairos
When a speaker says, “Five score years ago, a great American…” and is referencing Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address, which figure of speech is this?
What is an Allusion
Which structural device is being used in Martin Luther King Jr.’s repeated phrase “I have a dream”?
What is repetition
n Jonathan Swift’s A Modest Proposal, the speaker suggests eating children to solve famine. Which rhetorical element best describes the satirical “voice” Swift adopts?
What is tone
Identify the single rhetorical device being used in this excerpt from Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address: “The world will little note, nor long remember what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here.”
What is antithesis
Which rhetorical appeal is most clearly at work in this excerpt from Martin Luther King Jr.’s Letter from Birmingham Jail? “We have waited for more than 340 years for our constitutional and God-given rights.”
What is Logos
Identify the specific figure of speech in this excerpt from Shakespeare’s Macbeth: “Life’s but a walking shadow, a poor player / That struts and frets his hour upon the stage /And then is heard no more.”
What is a metaphor
Identify the single structural device used in this excerpt from Charles Dickens’s A Tale of Two Cities:
“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness…”
What is juxtaposition
Identify the specific rhetorical trick in this excerpt from Patrick Henry’s 1775 speech: “Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery?”
What is a rhetorical question?
When a speaker deliberately repeats the first part of successive clauses, it is called ______. Example: “We shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets…”
What is anaphora