Rhetorical Devices Review

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What is Pathos?

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Pathos is a rhetorical appeal that targets the audience's emotions, aiming to evoke feelings such as sympathy, anger, or happiness.

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What is Parallelism?

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Parallelism is a rhetorical device that involves the repetition of sentence structure to create rhythm and emphasize ideas.

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What is Ethos?

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Ethos is an ethical appeal used to establish credibility and trustworthiness in the speaker or writer.

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What is Hyperbole?

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Hyperbole is an exaggerated statement used for emphasis or effect, not meant to be taken literally.

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What is Personification?

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Personification is a literary device where human qualities are attributed to non-human things, such as animals or inanimate objects.

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What is Logos?

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Logos is a rhetorical appeal to logic and reason, using facts, statistics, and logical arguments to persuade an audience.

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What is Alliteration?

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Alliteration is the repetition of the same initial consonant sound in a series of words, often used to create rhythm or emphasis.

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What is Simile?

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A simile is a figure of speech that compares two different things using the words 'like' or 'as'.

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What is Metaphor?

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A metaphor is a figure of speech that directly compares two unlike things by stating one is the other, without using 'like' or 'as'.

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What is Allusion?

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Allusion is a reference to a well-known person, place, event, or work of literature, used to create a connection or context.