Rhetorical Strategies & Devices

Pay attention to the repetition of the same words at the end of the clauses or sentences: " To the effect, yes. Don't tell anyone. He said that he couldn't believe he killed somebody with his bare hands, that all the other mother [BLEEP] referring to hoods and thugs and stuff think they're hard core. But he just killed a person with his bare hands" (Jay Wilds). What is this an example of ?

• Anaphora

• Epistrophe

• Simile

• Metapahor

"Well, Stephanie was a very close friend of mine, as I mentioned. And I just kind of wanted to make sure that she also got a gift from him, you know? She mentioned to me that she was looking forward to getting a gift from him. She mentioned that she was really happy to get the gift that I gave her" (Adnan Syed). What is the repetition of the same words at the BEGINNING of sentence an example of ?

• Epistrophe

• Alliteration

• Anaphora

• Allusion

"So I went to his house. And I asked him, did you happen to get a present for Stephanie? He said no. So I said, if you want to, you can drop me back off to school. You can borrow my car. And you can go to the mall and get her a gift or whatever. Then just come pick me up after track practice that day" (Adnan Syed). What is the repetition of the same words at the BEGINNING of the sentence or clause an example of?

• Juxtaposition

• Anaphora

• Allusion

• Epistrophe

"It probably would've been close to time for me to break fast. He would have come to pick me up, and we would have went to go get something to eat. And then we would have smoked some weed after, right? And then I would have had to have been home around 7, 8 o'clock, right?" (Adnan Syed). What is the repetition of the same words at the BEGINNING of sentences and clauses called?

• Epistrophe

• Metaphor

• Alliteration

• Anaphora

"Remember the setup for this crime that the State laid out was that Adnan was betraying everything he held dear for this girl. As a good Muslim he was not supposed to be dating and so he was sacrificing his religion and lying to his family all just so he could be with her and it twisted him up inside. And Hae’s diary seems to be where they found some evidence for that" (Sarah Koenig). What rhetorical strategy is employed here?

• ethos

• pathos

• logos

" Adnan's trial was a long ordeal. Jay was on the stand for something like five days. A cellphone expert testified for two days, a lifetime when you're discussing cell tower technology." What rhetorical strategy does the state employ by having this person testify?

• pathos

• logos

• ethos

• huh?

ttt?

• ethos

• pathos

" I had become fixated on finding Asia. I'm like a bloodhound on this thing. Because the whole case seemed to me to be teetering on her memories of that afternoon. I have to know if Adnan really was in the library at 2:36 PM.

Because if he was, library equals innocent. It's so maddeningly simple. And maybe I can crack it if I could just talk to Asia"(Sarah Koenig). What rhetorical strategy is Sarah attempting to use to prove Adnan's innocence?

• pathos

• logos

• ethos

• huh?

" [the judge] wrote, Asia's letter contradicted Adnan's own alibi. Asia says she saw him at the public library, but Adnan said he was on the school campus the whole afternoon. Maybe the judge didn't understand that Woodlawn library is basically part of the campus. But anyway, Asia's story, then, is legally worthless" (Sarah Koenig). What rhetorical strategy was not employed well enough in the letters for Asia to be able to serve as an alabi for Adnan?

• Pathos

• Logos

• Ethos

• huh?