Rhetorical Devices

A statement that seems impossible because the ideas are opposites, but have an element of truth is which of the following rhetorical devices?

• Logos

• Paradox

• Oxymoron

• Hyperbole

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

• Imagery

• Pathos

• Rhetorical Question

• Personification

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CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

When a person or author makes an indirect reference in speech, text, or song to an event or figure. Often the references made are to past events or figures, but sometimes allusions are made to current famous people or events.

• Allusions

• Simile

• Claim

• Ethos

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CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Which device is used to support an argument by showing connections and comparisons between two things?

• Pathos

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Analogy

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CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

Pretty ugly is an example of _______________

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CCSS.L.9-10.5A

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.”

• Paradox

• Hyperbole

• Logos

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?

• euphemism

• Ethos

• Oxymoron

• Rhetorical question

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CCSS.L.9-10.5A