AP English Language and Composition Rhetorical Devices

Chose the device that matches the definition.

A literary, historical, religious, or mythological reference in a literary work

• allusion
• alliteration
• anaphora 
• logos

State the device used in the quote
"Sally sells seashells by the seashore."

• assonance
• repetition
• alliteration
• restatement

The specific word choice an author uses to persuade or convey tone, purpose or effect is _____________.

• denotation
• diction
• restatement
• speech

What does this appeal to?
"I work 300 days a year and make over 1,000,000 dollars annually with 15 different businesses."

• Fakeos
• Pathos
• Ethos
• Logos

What rhetorical device is being used?
"I'm so hungry I could eat a horse"

• hyperbole
• paradox
• superbole
• bias

What rhetorical device is being used?
"As a doctor, I am qualified to tell you that this course of treatment will likely generate the best results"

• logos
• Pathos
• Pogos
• Ethos

Chose the device that matches the definition.
Writing in praise of a dead person, most often inscribed upon a headstone

• Epitaph
• Eulogy
• Elegy
• Euphemism

What does this appeal to?
"There’s no price that can be placed on peace of mind. Our advanced security systems will protect the well-being of your family so that you can sleep soundly at night."

• logos
• trumpos
• pathos
• ethos

What rhetorical device is being used?
"We will pass the STAAR test! We will achieve commended! We will celebrate by eating donuts!"

• anecdote
• alliteration
• paradox
• anaphora

Chose the device that matches the definition.
Parallel structure in which the parallel elements are similar not only in grammatical structure, but also in length

• Isocolon
• Imagery
• Inference
• Identity