MASTERY CHECK Rhetorical Devices

What is an obvious, intended exaggeration? An example is as follows: "His snores were louder than a freight train" or "I've told you a million times."

• repetition

• hyperbole

• personification

• simile

What is a repeated word or phrase used for emphasis? There are two common types: anaphora and epistrophe.

• hyperbole

• personification

• simile

• repetition

Repetition at the beginning of a line. Example: "We demand truth. We demand justice. We demand equality."

• metaphor

• oxymoron

• epistrophe

• anaphora

What is the repetition at the end of a line? Example "See no evil. Hear no evil. Speak no evil."

• metaphor

• oxymoron

• epistrophe

• anaphora

Match the following

• through character/credibility of author

• ethos

• appealing to an audience's emotions

• logos

• persuading by logic and reasoning

• pathos

Match the following

• no price is too high for peace of mind

• pathos

• as a doctor, I am qualified to say...

• logos

• the data clearly shows we profited

• ethos

_____________ means: repetition of one or more words at the END of successive phrases or clauses

• anaphora

• epistrophe

• anthimeria

• apposition

_________________ means: The repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses or phrases

• anaphora

• epistrophe

• antithesis

• parallelism

HYPERBOLE

• The recurrence of initial consonant sounds
• repeating words or phrases in reverse order
• makes an idea seem less important than it really is
• An exaggeration

ALLITERATION

• Using a word with an opposite meaning
• Using adjectives or adjective phrases to describe a noun
• Using words that sound like the sounds they describe
• The recurrence of initial consonant sounds