Identifying Rhetorical Devices

Which speech device is used in the following speech excerpt from 44th U.S. President Barack Obama?

"They are all part of the finest fighting force that the world has ever know. They have served tour after tour of duty in distant, different, and difficult places."

• analogy

• allusion

• alliteration

• simile

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CCSS.L.6.5B

CCSS.L.8.5B

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Which of the following speech devices is NOT used in the excerpt below?

"We have star players but have prima donnas who can't work together. We have aggressive players, but their players play dirty."

• rhetorical question

• anaphora

• antithesis

• loaded language

Which rhetorical device is MOSTLY used in the excerpt below?

"Setting foot on the moon maybe a small step for a man, but a giant step for mankind."

• antithesis

• anecdote

• loaded language

• rhetorical question

Which device is used in the statement below?

"You are easy on the eyes but hard on the heart."

• allusion

• rhetorical question

• antithesis

• pun

Which literary device is used below?

"If I have told you once, I have told you a thousand times!"

• hyperbole

• simile

• loaded language

• metaphor

The following words are an example of ______________.

fat, old, liar, slavery, nerd, villain, etc.

• assonance

• consonnace

• rhetorical question

• loaded language

Which of the following appeals is NOT used in this ad?

• ethos

• pathos

• logos

Which of the following rhetorical appeals is used here?

• ethos

• pathos

• logos

Which of the following appeals is used here?

• ethos

• pathos

• logos

What is the tone of the meme?

• calm

• proud

• mocking

• sympathetic