Words which are inaccurate if interpreted literally, but are used to describe. Similes and metaphors are common forms.
What is figurative language?
200
I am so hungry I can eat a horse.
What is hyperbole?
200
"majestic mountains" is an example of this technique
What is alliteration?
200
This technique refers to appealing to logic
What is logos?
200
"the state sweltered under the heat of oppression" is an example of this device.
What is Personification?
400
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.
400
"Give me Liberty or give me death" uses this structure.
What is parallel structure
400
The vowel sounds of "four score"represent this device
What is assonance?
400
This technique refers to building up credibility
What is ethos?
400
This rhetorical device involves the deliberate exaggeration of a situation.
ex: He ate everything in the house.
What is hyperbole.
500
This term refers to appealing to emotion
What are pathos?
500
a question asked for an effect, and not actually requiring an answer.
What is a rhetorical question?
500
"Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country"
What is chiasmus?
500
This rhetorical device involves the usage of contrast.
Ex) brave men gave their lives so that we may live
What is antithesis?
500
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'..