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Rhetorical Devices 1
Rhetorical Devices 2
Rhetorical Devices 3
SPACECAT
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A figure of speech in the form of a question that is asked in order to make a point.
What is a rhetorical question
100

"It is the east, and Juliet is the sun" is an example of this literary device. 

What is a metaphor

100
a phrase that uses the words like or as to describe someone or something by comparing it with someone or something else that is similar
What is a similie
100

What does the S  in SPACECAT stand for:

What is the speaker

200
When the opposite of what is expected to happen, happens
What is irony.
200
An appeal based on a person or character.
What is ethos
200
An emotional appeal.
What is pathos.
200

What does the P  in SPACECAT stand for:

What is Purpose

300

People prefer pie over pumpkin rolls at Thanksgiving utilizes what rhetorical device? 

Alliteration

300
The techniques and rules for using language effectively -- also viewed as persuasive speech
What is rhetoric
300
A reference to a person, place, thing or idea of historical, cultural, literary, or political significance
What is allusion
300

What does the first A in SPACECAT stand for:

What is Audience

400
A deliberate exaggeration to prove a point.
What is a hyperbole.
400
This is sensory description
What is a imagery.
400

Hook, brief synopsis, thesis statement are elements of this part of an essay.

What is the introduction

400

What does the first C  in SPACECAT stand for: 

What is Context 

500
Giving human characteristics to something not human
What is personification.
500
The central idea or message of a work, the insight it offers into life.
What is theme.
500
An appeal to reason
What is logos.
500

What does the E in SPACECAT stand for:

What is Exigence

600
This is the speaker's attitude in the writing
What is tone.
600
The major category in which a literary work fits.
What is genre
600
The use of components in a sentence that are grammatically the same; or similar in their construction, sound, meaning, or meter
What is parallelism
600

What does the second C in SPACECAT stand for:

What are choices

700
The sentence or group of sentences that express the author's main point
What is thesis.
700

"of the people, by the people, for the people" is an example of this literary/rhetorical device

What is epistrophe/ repetition

700
The word, phrase, or clause that a pronoun refers to -- for example the "He has..." in the Declaration of Independence referred to King George III
What is an antecedent.
700

What does the second A stand for in SPACECAT?

What is appeals

800

a figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole or vice versa

Synecdoche

800
Short witty saying.
What is an aphorism.
800
A story or brief episode told by the writer.
What is an anecdote.
800

What does the T  in SPACECAT stand for:

What is tone