Rhetorical Devices

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The following is an example of what kind of rhetorical device?
"I was so embarrassed; I almost died right there in front of everyone!"

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Hyperbole

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The following is an example of which type of rhetorical device?
Roaches are infesting the office of a pest control service.

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Irony

Answer explanation

A pest control people are the ones who get rid of "pests" so the crazy is their office being infested with roaches; the irony of the situation. They shouldn't have roaches!!

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The following is an example of which rhetorical device? All’s fair in love and war.

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Juxtaposition

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The following is an example of which kind of rhetorical device?
Anger is a monster waiting to devour happiness.

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Metaphor

Answer explanation

Anger is being called a monster; saying one thing is another without use of like or as; therefore, it's a metaphor.

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A question asked to make a point, not that you want an answer is which of the following rhetorical devices?

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Rhetorical Question

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At the end of Toy Story 3 we see an adorable snippet of the infamous "balcony scene" with a hedgehog as Romeo and a Little Green Man as Juliet. He quotes, "But soft what light through yonder window breaks," and the LGM quotes, “Romeo, oh Romeo, wherefore art thou Romeo.” This snippet is an example of an...

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Allusion

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A usually short narrative of an interesting, amusing, or biographical; a short account of an event

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anecdote

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In the quote, Obama alludes to: "Our pride is based on a very simple premise, summed up in a declaration made over two hundred years ago: We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal."

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The Declaration of Independence in order to connect the dreams & promises made then to the dreams and hopes of today.

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The attitude a writer takes toward the subject of a work, the characters in it, or the audience, revealed through diction, figurative language, and organization.

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Tone

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The use of language to evoke a picture or a concrete sensation of a person, a thing, a place, or an experience.

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Imagery