Rhetorical Devices

Front

What is a comparison that does not use 'like' or 'as'?

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Metaphor

Front

What is an example of chiasmus?

Back

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

Front

What is the definition of 'ethos' in rhetoric?

Back

Credibility or ethical appeal.

Front

What is a synonym for exaggeration?

Back

Hyperbole

Front

What is a deliberate exaggeration for emphasis or effect?

Back

Hyperbole

Front

What is the term for a comparison using 'like' or 'as'?

Back

Simile

Front

What rhetorical device involves repeating the same word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses?

Back

Anaphora

Front

What is the emotional appeal in rhetoric called?

Back

Pathos

Front

What is the logical appeal in rhetoric called?

Back

Logos

Front

What is the term for giving human traits to non-human things?

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Personification