Rhetorical Devices
Theme, Imagery, and Figurative Language
Vocabulary
100

An anti-smoking commercial that shows Johnny Depp campaigning against smoking

Ethos

100

This is defined as the message behind the story

Theme

100

Reasonable; able to be defended by logic

Legitimate

200

An anti-smoking commercial that shows families who have lost someone to smoking tobacco

Pathos

200

Author's use this to paint a picture with words

Imagery

200

Inadequate; not enough

Insufficient

300

An anti-smoking commercial showing the percentage of people who die from smoking.

Logos

300

An author typically uses the 5 _______ to paint a picture to the audience.

Senses

300

The act of treating people cruelly because of their religion or beliefs

Persecution

400

"oasis of freedom and justice."

Metaphor

400

The condition of being wealthy

Prosperity

500

Great in quantity, size, or extent

Prodigious