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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

What does the second A stand for in SPACECAT?

What is appeals

800

What does the T  in SPACECAT stand for:

What is tone