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Rhetorical Devices
Rhetorical Appeals
Devices
Anygoes
100

An rhetorical appeal focusing on statistics, facts and data.

What is logos?

100

“The sun smiled down on us.”

what is personification


100
Persuading through the character and credibility of the author.
What is Ethos?
100

"Broccoli is my kryptonite"

there are two devices, but we are looking for the one that is not metaphor

What is allusion?

100

"I have 1 million things to do afterschool today, I can't hang out."

What is hyperbole?

200

Words that sound like the thing they’re referring to.


For example: "boom!"

What is onomatapeia

200
the repetition of the first consonant sound, occurring close together in a series.
What is alliteration?
200
Persuading through using data, facts, reasoning, and logic.
What is Logos?
200

A speaker begins her speech with "judge, this argument is the most important one in this debate"

What is direct address?


200

"My brother is a walking encyclopedia"

What is a metaphor?


300

Communicating to the listeners of a speech by invoking their name or title

What is direct address?

300
An obvious, intended exaggeration.
What is hyperbole?
300
Persuading through making someone feel emotions.
What is Pathos?
300
"tongue twisted...speech stammering as you seek to explain to your six year old...and see ominous clouds of inferiority...in her little mental sky"
What are alliteration and metaphor?
300

"Shine bright like a diamond" - Rihanna

What is a simile?


400

a brief reference to a famous person or event-often from literature, history, or religion.

What is an allusion?

400

a speaker telling a short story about their own life to connect with the audience.

What is an anecdote?

400
"My three decades of experience in public service, my tireless commitment to the people of this community, and my willingness to reach across the aisle and cooperate with the opposition, make me the ideal candidate for your mayor."
What is Ethos
400

"Spill the beans!"

What is an idiom

400

"Am I not a man and a brother?" - Josiah Wedgewood

What is a rhetorical question?

500

Giving human qualities, like talking, dancing, or feeling, to non-human things like objects or animal

What is personification?

500
"The nations of Asia and Africa are moving with jetlike speed toward gaining political independence, but we still creep at horse and buggy pace toward gaining a cup of coffee at a lunch counter."
What are metaphors, juxtaposition,
500

"They’ve worked against everything we’ve worked so hard to build, and they don’t care who gets hurt in the process. Make no mistake, they’re the enemy, and they won’t stop until we’re all destroyed."

What is Pathos? and the feeling is fear

500

"Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere."

What are juxtaposition, parallelism, repetition

500

"The angry wind howled through the trees, like a wolf searching for its prey."

TWO DEVICES


What is personification and simile?