Rhetorical Devices

The Rhetorical Situation consists of the following:

• Appeal to emotion

  Appeal to logic

  Focus on credibility

• Exigence

  Audience

  Purpose

• Diction

  Hyperbole

  Paradox

• Analogy

  Irony

  Repetition

The art of effective and persuasive speaking and writing is the definition of:

• Diction

• Hyperbole

• Rhetoric

• Exigence

"Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers," is an example of:

• Analogy

• Imagery

• Litotes

• Alliteration

"If I know one thing, it's that I know nothing," is an example of:

• Paradox

• Hyperbole

• Metaphor

• Sarcasm

Which of the following is an example of litotes?

• The fast fox fooled the freckle-faced farmer.

• You are the sunshine of my life.

• He's not the friendliest person.

• There's nothing like the smell of Napalm in the morning.

"Zombies eat brains. You're safe." This is an example of:

• Irony

• Symbolism

• Sarcasm

• Hyperbole

What is the definition of logos?

• Appeal to emotions

• appeal to logic

• the Nike Swoosh symbol

• the recipient of communication

"I walked a million miles to get here" is an example of:

• Rhetoric

• Situational irony

• Hyperbole

• Repetition

The definition of Verbal Irony is:

• Something happening that is very different to what was expected

• To mock or convey contempt toward a person or subject.

• A figure of speech.

• The choice and use of words in speech or writing.

The best example of an analogy is:

• Petal is to flower as leaf is to tree.

• Black is the color of my true love's hair.

• The best dog to own is a Golden Retriever.

• The rain in Spain falls mainly on the plain.