Rhetorical devices review

What is the definition of claim?

• the summary of an essay

• the main argument of an essay

• evidence used in an essay

Ethos is

• credibility

• statistics and facts

• an appeal to emotions

pathos is

• credibility

• an appeal to emotion

• statistics and facts

logos is

• an appeal to emotion

• credibility

• statistics and facts

Repetition is

• using like or as to compare two different things

• a literary device that uses the same word or phrase over and over again

• an appeal to emotions

An overstatement is

• is when you use language to provide more oversight and clarity

• is when you use language to simplify your intended meaning

• is when you use language to exaggerate your intended meaning

An understatement is

• is when you use language to exaggerate your intended meaning

• the presentation of something as being smaller, worse, or less important than it actually is

• asking a question without expecting an answer

A rhetorical question is

• a question someone asks without expecting an answer

• a questions where two opposite ideas are put together in a sentence to achieve a contrasting effect.

• a question with a direct, concise answer