Rhetorical Devices

Open Ended

How can analyzing rhetorical devices improve your own skills as a writer or speaker?

Multiple Choice

Why is it important to understand rhetorical devices when listening to speakers or reading writers?

• Because it helps us determine the effectiveness of their communication

• Because it makes us memorize speeches

• Because it helps us ignore persuasive techniques

• Because it makes us better at math

Multiple Choice

Which of the following best describes parallel structure in writing?

• Repetition of grammatically similar words, phrases, clauses, or sentences to create rhythm and balance

• Using strong contrasting words or ideas

• Restating an idea using the same words

• Expressing the same idea using different words

Open Ended

How does the coach's instructions to the players demonstrate parallelism?

Multiple Choice

Which rhetorical device is used when a writer asks a question but does not provide an answer because it is obvious or obviously desired?

• Rhetorical Question

• Antithesis

• Restatement

• Repetition

Multiple Select

Select all the rhetorical devices that use repetition as a key feature.

• Parallelism

• Repetition

• Restatement

• Antithesis

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements is an example of restatement?

• We can not dedicate – we can not consecrate – we can not hallow – this ground.

• Let both sides explore…Let both sides seek to invoke.

• The war is inevitable – let it come! I repeat it, sir, let it come!

• Ask not what your country can do for you – ask what you can do for your country.

Multiple Choice

Which rhetorical device relies on the reader or listener to be familiar with a reference to a famous person, event, or story, and is used to stimulate ideas and add extra information?

• Allusion

• Analogy

• Alliteration

• Irony

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is NOT a type of humor mentioned in the slide?

• Hyperbole

• Sarcasm

• Irony

• Metaphor

Open Ended

How does understanding rhetorical devices help us become better writers and speakers?