Rhetorical Devices

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

• A. Bandwagon

• B. Anecdote

• C. Rhetoric

• E. Rhetorical Question

Name the rhetorical device present in the following quote. “Ladies and Gentlemen, this is your captain speaking. We have a small problem. All four engines have stopped. We are doing our damnedest to get them going again. I trust you are not in too much distress.”

• Hyperbole

• Appeal to fear

• metonymy

• allusion

A __________________ is any stylistic device or resource of language that an author or speaker uses to help persuade or make a desired impact on his/her audience.

• Persuasive device

• Rhetorical Device

• Rhetorical Appeal

• Allusion

When you repeat yourself over and over what rhetorical device are you using?

• Rhetorical Question

• Aphorism

• Repetition

• Anaphora

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...

• Anecdote

• Allusion

• Contrast

• Holy war

The sentence "I'll love you 'til the ocean is folded and hung up to dry and the seven stars go squawking like geese about the sky,” is an example of which rhetorical device (not simile or metaphor)?

• Hyperbole

• Anaphora

• Repetition

• Emotional words

The sentence structure in the sentence,“Of the people, by the people, for the people,” is an example of which rhetorical device?

• Parallelism

• Extended metaphor

• Repetition

• Anaphora

using elements in sentences that are grammatically similar or identical in structure, sound, meaning, or meter...

• conceit

• repetition

• metonymy

• parallelism

a figure of speech that makes a reference to a place, person, or event...

• irony

• concession

• allusion

• logical reasoning

He refuses to donate any money to the charity. He is such a scrooge.

This statement is a(n)...

• allusion

• name-calling

• last resort

• anecdote