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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
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In both "The Crisis" and "Speech at the Virginia Convention" the speakers use slavery as a ________________ to make their points.
What is a metaphor
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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
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"of the people, by the people, for the people" is an example of this literary/rhetorical device

What is parallelism

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"Tyranny, like Hell, is not easily conquered" is an example of which Rhetorical Device?
What is aphorism.
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
The major category in which a literary work fits.
What is genre
200
Giving human characteristics to inanimate objects.
What is personification
300
SOAPS stands for this
What is Speaker, Occasion, Audience, Purpose, Subject?
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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
The central idea or message of a work, the insight it offers into life.
What is theme.
300
The sentence or group of sentences that express the author's main point
What is thesis.
400
A deliberate exaggeration to prove a point.
What is a hyperbole.
400
This is sensory description
What is a imagery.
400
The use of components in a sentence that are grammatically the same; or similar in their construction, sound, meaning, or meter
What is parallelism
400
A story or brief episode told by the writer.
What is an anecdote.
400
The repetition of "We have..." at the beginning of phrases in "The Gettysburg Address" is an example of this rhetorical device.
What is anaphora?
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Giving human characteristics to something not human
What is personification.
500
Short witty saying.
What is an aphorism.
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An appeal to reason
What is logos.
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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.
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This is the speaker's attitude in the writing
What is tone.