Rhetorical Device Review

During a breakup, your significant other says "I feel like our relationship has hit an iceberg."

What rhetorical device are they using?

• Anecdote

• Simile

• Rhetorical Question

• Allusion

Your mom is mad about your dirty room and says "Finding something in here is like trying to find a needle in a haystack!"

What rhetorical device is being used?

• Simile

• Analogy

• Metaphor

• Comparison

Your friend tells you the story of when they had a car accident driving too fast to warn you not to do it. What rhetorical device is being used?

• Anecdote

• Rhetorical Question

• Pathos

• Ethos

Trying to convince you to eat more food, your grandma says, "You're skinny as a rail!"

What rhetorical device is she using?

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Analogy

• Logos

When your mom founds out you stole money from her, she screams, "You're a monster!"

What type of rhetorical device is this?

• Logos

• Pathos

• Simile

• Metaphor

When your dad says you can't go out on Friday you say, "Please, please, please!"

What rhetorical device is this an example of?

• Paralellism

• Ethos

• Repetition

• Understatement

You try to convince your mom to give you $5 by saying "I mopped the floor, I cleaned the bathroom, and I washed the laundry." What kind of rhetorical device is being used?

• Repetition

• Parallelism

• Understatement

• Pathos

Your brother says he will "literally die" if he doesn't get a PS5. What rhetorical device is he using?

• Understatement

• Simile

• Ethos

• Hyperbole

Following a massive rainstorm, the weatherman says "There was a slight drizzle here yesterday."

• Understatement

• Metaphor

• Logos

• Simile

Which of the following is an example of a rhetorical question?

• Why are you getting home so late?

• Can I borrow a pencil?

• Do you think I care?

• What kind of pizza should we order?