Rhetorical Devices Bell Work

Repeating the same sentence structure or pattern of words.

• Parallelism

• Imagery

• Anaphora

• Repetition

What is an allusion?

• A short summary of an event; a story told to back up a point

• A speaker or character who tells a story.

• A reference to a well-known person, place, event, or literary work.

• The difference between expectation and result.

What is the best definition for rhetorical questions?

• Repeating a specific phrase to add structure or rhythm.

• Repeating a word or phrase for emphasis.

• Comparing two unlike things for emphasis.

• A question that has an obvious answer, only used to further an argument

His words were like daggers to her heart.

• Metaphor

• Repetition

• Personification

• Simile

What rhetorical appeal is used here:

"So here are just a few statistics on the human toll of illegal immigration. According to a 2011 government report, the arrests attached to the criminal alien population included an estimated 25,000 people for homicide, 42,000 for robbery..."

• Logos

• Pathos

• Ethos

What is the rhetorical device in this example?

A boyfriend begs his girlfriend to stay with him, claiming "If you really love me, you'll give me time to change my ways."

• Logos

• Pathos

• Ethos

 "As a doctor, I am qualified to tell you that this course of treatment will likely generate the best results." This is an example of...

• pathos

• ethos

• logos

What is pathos?

• An appeal to emotion; a means of convincing the audience by creating an emotional response

• An appeal to logic; a means of convincing the audience by using reason

• An appeal to ethics; a means of convincing the audience of the credibility of the speaker

An ethical appeal to establish credibility and trust.

Choose the rhetorical appeal that best fits the definition above.

• Ethos

• Logos

• Pathos

• Rhetoric

An appeal to logic and reason.

Choose the rhetorical appeal that best fits the definition above.

• Ethos

• Logos

• Pathos

• Rhetoric