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An appeal uses facts and statistics to make the audience think.
What is logos?
100
This rhetorical device involves two unlike things being compared using like or as. ex: Her hair was as red as fire.
What is a simile?
100
When an argument is posed and then an objection is made. For example: I have to challenge what you said about boys being smarter than girls.
What is a counter argument?
100
This device asks something when the answer is merely implied.
What is a rhetorical question?
100

When three adjectives or phrases are listed. Example: She is the best; she's calm, cool and collected.

What is a group of three?

200
When an author may use personal anecdote in order to appeal to the audience's emotions.
What is pathos?
200
This rhetorical device involves the deliberate exaggeration of a situation. ex: He ate everything in the house.
What is a hyperbole?
200
This device involves sharing a particular instance of personally encountering or undergoing something. For example: My encounter with the bear in the woods was a frightening experience.
What is personal anecdote?
200
The recurrence of initial consonant sounds. Example: Mama made me mash my M & Ms.
What is alliteration?
200
The repitition of vowel sounds. Example: "It beats . . . as it sweeps . . . as it cleans!" - slogan for Hoover vacuum cleaners
What is assonance?
300
When an speaker shares their credibility on a subject in order to gain the audience's trust.
What is ethos?
300
This rhetorical device involves a direct or indirect reference to somthing which is commonly known. ex:'Christy didn't like to spend money. She was no Scrooge, but she seldom purchased anything except the bare necessities'..
What is an allusion?
300
Making objects and animals seem human. Example: The stars danced playfully in the moonlit sky.
What is personification?
300
I / you / she / he / we / them

What are pronouns?

300
Saying key words and/or phrases over and over again. Example: "Duty does not trump honesty. Duty does not trump common sense. And duty, my friends, does not trump morality."
What is repetition?
400
“I’ve studied the human heart for a lifetime and there’s something you should know, high cholesterol can lead to heart desease. When diet and exercise aren’t enough, adding Lipitor lowers bad cholesterol 39-60%.”- Dr. Robert Jarvik, inventor of the artificial heart
What is an example of ethos?
400

Addressing and criticizing an opposing view. Example: My opponent has proven she is untrustworthy when she lied about her background/

What is an attack?

400
an example of this device is... "Hope is the thing with feathers That perches in the soul, And sings the tune--without the words, And never stops at all."
What is a metaphor?
400
Two things placed side by side for comparison. For example: Rich to poor; young to old
What is juxtaposition?
400

The available body of facts or information indicating whether a belief or proposition is true or valid. Example: Studies have proven that obesity can lead to diabetes.

What is evidence?

500
"There is a child out there seeking shelter, food, and love. You can be that child's hero by providing for their needs for just 38 cents a day."
What is an example of pathos?
500

Words charged with an underlying meaning or implication. Example: We believe that freedom and security go together.

What are loaded words?

500

Descriptive words. Example: Try our new and improved moisturizing cream.

What are adjectives?

500
The figurative or associated meaning of a word. Example: He's a snake!
What is connotation?
500
The use of words that mean the opposite of what you really think especially in order to be funny. Example: He worried so much about his health that he died from worrying.
What is irony?