Rhetorical Devices

Two men are having a disagreement in a bar. One says "Do you want me to punch you in the face?" What rhetorical device is being used here?

• Rhetorical question
• Anecdote
• Allusion
• Repetition

What rhetorical device is used here?: "Finding a good man in modern society is like trying to find a needle in a haystack."

• Analogy

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Allusion

What rhetorical device is used here?: "They fought like cats and dogs."

• Analogy
• Simile
• Metaphor
• Allusion

What rhetorical device is used here?: "The road was a ribbon stretching across the desert."

• Analogy
• Simile
• Metaphor
• Allusion

What rhetorical device is used here?: “My fellow citizens: I stand here today humbled by the task before us, grateful for the trust you have bestowed, mindful of the sacrifices borne by our ancestors.”

• Parallelism
• Repetition
• Analogy
• Allusion

What rhetorical device is used here?: "We live for freedom. We love our freedom. Eventually, we are even willing to die for our freedom."

• Parallelism
• Repetition
• Analogy
• Allusion

What rhetorical device is used here?: “When she lost her job, she acted like a Scrooge and refused to buy anything that wasn’t necessary.”

• Parallelism

• Repetition

• Analogy

• Allusion

What rhetorical device is used here?: "I remember one time that I ate a McDonald's and got food poisoning as soon as I finished eating."

• Allusion
• Anecdote
• Analogy
• Simile

If you ask a question to make a point and don't expect an answers, which device are you using?

• Rhetorical Question

• Allusion

• Anecdote

• Analogy

True or False: A rhetorical question is intended to be answered.

• True

• False