Rhetorical Devices and Fallacies

What is Irony?

• a figure of speech in which an opposition or contrast of ideas is expressed by parallelism of words that are the opposites of

• a question asked in order to create a dramatic effect or to make a point rather than to get an answer

• the expression of one's meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite, typically for humorous or emphatic effect

• a figure of speech in which a word applies to two others in different senses

What is a Rhetorical Question?

• a figure of speech in which an opposition or contrast of ideas is expressed by parallelism of words that are the opposites of

• a question asked in order to create a dramatic effect or to make a point rather than to get an answer

• the expression of one's meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite, typically for humorous or emphatic effect

• a figure of speech in which a word applies to two others in different senses

What is Logos?

• to persuade an audience by appealing to their emotions

• to convince an audience of the author's credibility or character

• to convince an audience by use of logic or reason

• attempting to capture in words what will be immediately applicable, appropriate, and engaging for a particular audience

What is Chiasmus?

• a figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole or vice versa

• a literary scheme in which one or several conjunctions are deliberately omitted from a series of related clauses

• a rhetorical or literary figure in which words, grammatical constructions, or concepts are repeated in reverse order, in the same or a modified form

• the substitution of the name of an attribute or adjunct for that of the thing meant

What is Metonymy?

• a figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole or vice versa

• a literary scheme in which one or several conjunctions are deliberately omitted from a series of related clauses

• a rhetorical or literary figure in which words, grammatical constructions, or concepts are repeated in reverse order, in the same or a modified form

• the substitution of the name of an attribute or adjunct for that of the thing meant

What is Zeugma?

• a figure of speech in which an opposition or contrast of ideas is expressed by parallelism of words that are the opposites of

• a question asked in order to create a dramatic effect or to make a point rather than to get an answer

• the expression of one's meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite, typically for humorous or emphatic effect

• a figure of speech in which a word applies to two others in different senses

What is Kairos?

• to persuade an audience by appealing to their emotions

• to convince an audience of the author's credibility or character

• to convince an audience by use of logic or reason

• attempting to capture in words what will be immediately applicable, appropriate, and engaging for a particular audience

What is Antithesis?

• a figure of speech in which an opposition or contrast of ideas is expressed by parallelism of words that are the opposites of

• a question asked in order to create a dramatic effect or to make a point rather than to get an answer

• the expression of one's meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite, typically for humorous or emphatic effect

• a figure of speech in which a word applies to two others in different senses

What is Asyndeton?

• a figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole or vice versa

• a literary scheme in which one or several conjunctions are deliberately omitted from a series of related clauses

• a rhetorical or literary figure in which words, grammatical constructions, or concepts are repeated in reverse order, in the same or a modified form

• the substitution of the name of an attribute or adjunct for that of the thing meant

What is Ethos?

• to persuade an audience by appealing to their emotions

• to convince an audience of the author's credibility or character

• to convince an audience by use of logic or reason

• attempting to capture in words what will be immediately applicable, appropriate, and engaging for a particular audience