Rhetorical device
definitions
Ethos, Pathos, Logos
Surprise Mix English literary devices
Logical fallacies
Pop Culture
100

A question used for effect rather than a reply. 

Rhetorical Question

100

More tired people recommend Red Bull Energy Drinks than coffee. Is this an example of Ethos, Pathos, or Logos?

Ethos: an appeal to credibility/character

  

100

A figure of speech in which two unlike things are explicitly compared using like or as

Simile 

100

"Annie must love Starbucks! Don't all girls love Starbucks?"

Stereotyping 

100

Which actress used the word “entanglement” to describe straying from her marriage to Will Smith?

Jada Pinkett Smith

200

The use of the same words or phrases for emphasis is called

Repetition 

200
A figure of speech without using like or as is called

Metaphor

200

"This is the best band because they make the best music!"

This statement is an example of which logical fallacy?

Circular Reasoning 

200

What is Rihanna‘s real name?

Robyn Fenty 

300

The following statement is an example of ____________________.

“When she lost her job, she acted like a Scrooge, and refused to buy anything that wasn’t necessary.” (Scrooge was an extremely stingy character from Charles Dickens’, A Christmas Carol.)

Allusion 

300

 What kind of Irony 

In Toy Story, human characters are not aware that the toys speak and move, but the audience is.

Dramatic 

300

I am voting for Jay Z for president because the rest of my family is voting for him. 


Bandwagon 

300

How many grandchildren does Kris Jenner have?

10  (Mason, Penelope, Reign, North, Saint, Chicago, Psalm, Dream, True, Stormi)

 

400

"We shall not flag or fail.  We shall go on to the end. We shall fight n France. We shall fight on the seas and oceans."
This is an example of...

Parallelism 

400

The following statement is an example of ___________________.

"Ladies and gentlemen of the jury: we have not only the fingerprints, the lack of an alibi, a clear motive, and an expressed desire to commit the robbery… We also have video of the suspect breaking in. The case could not be more open and shut."

Logos

400

Read the following and determine if the author used direct or indirect characterization.


"You have this," Mrs. Miller encouraged the students like she always had. She was known by everyone as the "School's Cheerleader". Having no children, she loved her students as though they were her own flesh and blood.

Direct Characterization 

400

Dr. Fauci says we need to wear masks, but Dr. Fauci is the oldest, meanest doctor around. I’m sure what he says isn’t true at all.

Name calling 

400

What is the name of the 2020 Netflix documentary that featured Joe Exotic and Carole Baskin?

Tiger King 

500

.This note was a promise that all men, yes, black men as well as white men, would be guaranteed the "unalienable Rights" of "Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness."

Word Choice 

500

The following statement is an example of _________________.

"Research compiled by analysts from NASA, as well as organizations from five other nations with space programs, suggests that a moon colony is viable with international support." 

2 RESPONSE 

Ethos and Logos 

500

The main events of the story take place during the __________.

Rising action 

500

 

A conclusion based on insufficient, incomplete, or biased information


Hasty Generalization 

500

What rapper-turned-actor stars on Law and Order: Special Victims Unit?

Ice-T