Rhetorical Devices
Rhetorical Devices
Rhetorical Appeals
Rhetorical Appeals
Ms. Waddell Trivia
100
What is the rhetorical device used below? 


The wind whistled all night long. 

Personification

100

What is the rhetorical device used below? 

You are a pig. 

Metaphor 

100

Ethos appeals to what? 

Ethics or credibility 

100

What rhetorical appeal is used below? 

He is a forensics and ballistics expert for the federal government — if anyone's qualified to determine the murder weapon, it's him.

Ethos

100

How many allergies does Boba have?

37

200

What is the rhetorical device used below? 


It was as cold as ice outside this morning. 

Simile 

200

What figure of speech is used below? 

The sunlight danced across the surface of the water. 

Personification 
200

Pathos appeals to what? 

Emotion or feelings

200

What rhetorical appeal is used below? 

After years of this type of disrespect from your boss, countless hours wasted, birthdays missed … it's time that you took a stand.

Pathos 

200

Which movie did Ms. Waddell help film?

Top Gun 2

300

An exaggerated statement is called a what? 

Hyperbole

300

What is the rhetorical device used below? 


Don't burn bridges, you never know when you might need that person again. 

Idiom

300

Logos appeals to what? 

Logical thinking (using facts, numbers, etc.) 

300

What rhetorical appeal is use below? 

You know me — I've taught Sunday School at your church for years, babysat your children, and served as a playground director for many summers — so you know I can run your preschool.

Ethos

300

Which aircraft did Ms. Waddell work on?

F18

400
Normally the main character in a story: the good guy

 Protagonist

400

What is the rhetorical device used below? 

I am so hungry, I could eat a horse. 

Hyperbole

400

What rhetorical appeal is used below? 


Students who practice timed ACT tests at least once a week are 76% more likely to raise their score. 

Logos

400

What rhetorical appeal is used below? 

More than one hundred studies have been conducted over the past decade, and none of them suggests that this is an effective treatment for hair loss.

Logos 

400

How many degrees does Ms. Waddell have?

Four

500

What is the rhetorical device used below?

Life is a highway. 

Metaphor

500

What is an allusion? 

A figure of speech which makes a reference to a historical or literary work, figure, event, or object.

500

What rhetorical appeal is used below? 

Please think about adopting that dog. It has been at the shelter for 5 years, and it is just looking for a place to call home after its owner abandoned it. 

Pathos

500

What rhetorical appeal is used below? 

If we don't move soon, we're all going to die! It is too dangerous here. 

Pathos

500

Where was Ms. Waddell stationed?

California/Nevada