Rhetorical Devices - Mrs. Austin

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/understatement

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Apostrophe

An appeal to trust and ethics is an appeal to...

• Logos
• Ethos
• Pathos

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

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.

• Simile
• Rhetorical Device
• Rhetorical Appeal
• Allusion

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

When Neil Armstrong said, “That's one small step for man; one giant leap for mankind,” he was using which rhetorical device?

• Rhetoric
• Oxymoron
• Hyperbole
• Juxtaposition

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.2.6

A comparison using like or as is called a...

• Simile
• Oxymoron
• Understatement
• Parallelism

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CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

When your friend is trying to convince you to do something and he says, “Come on, what’s the worst that could happen?” he’s using what kind of rhetorical device to try to convince you?

• Rhetorical Question
• Simile
• Metaphor
• Euphemism

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

CCSS.RI. 9-10.8

CCSS.RI.11-12.8

CCSS.RI.8.8

When someone uses data, facts, and logic they’re trying to appeal to

• Ethos
• Logos 
• Pathos

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CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

“The quiz was a breeze” is an example of what rhetorical device?

• Metaphor
• Understatement
• Oxymoron
• Rhetorical Question

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CCSS.RL.11-12.6

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...

• Personification
• Allusion
• Parallelism
• Oxymoron

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CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.L.7.5A

If your boss says, “I’m letting you go,” instead of “You’re fired!” She/he is using a...

• Simile
• Metaphor
• Rhetorical Question
• Euphemism

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3