Rhetorical Devices and Persuasive Techniques

________________ means: a repeated grammatical pattern

• anthimeria

• parallelism

• asyndeton

• antimetabole

What rhetorical device is used in the following quote: "Are fleets and armies necessary to a work of love and reconciliation? Have we shown ourselves so unwilling to be reconciled, that force must be called in to win back our love?"

• parallelism

• rhetorical question

• anthimeria

• antithesis

What is the persuasive technique known as ethos?

• A reference to religion, mythology, historical events, pop culture, literature, etc

• ethical appeal, means to convince an audience of the author’s credibility or character.

• emotional appeal, means to persuade an audience by appealing to their emotions

• appeal to logic, means to convince an audience by use of logic or reason

What is pathos?

• appeal to logic, means to convince an audience by use of logic or reason.

• emotional appeal, means to persuade an audience by appealing to their emotions

• ethical appeal, means to convince an audience of the author’s credibility or character.

• appeal to one's social group or community

What is the persausive technique known as logos?

• appeal using a company's visual symbol

• appeal to logic, means to convince an audience by use of logic or reason.

• ethical appeal, means to convince an audience of the author’s credibility or character.

• emotional appeal, means to persuade an audience by appealing to their emotions

“I came, I saw, I conquered.” ...Julius Caesar This quote's main rhetorical device in use is 

• alliteration

• repetition

• parallelism

• allusion

“Great minds discuss ideas. Average minds discuss events. Small minds discuss people.” ...Eleanor Roosevelt The main rhetorical device at use here is

• allusion.

• alliteration.

• repetition.

• parallel structure

“I’ve known rivers:I’ve known rivers ancient as the world and older than the flow of human blood in human veins.My soul has grown deep like the rivers.” ...Langston Hughes Which technique is used prominently in the above line of Hughes' poem?

• repetition

• allusion

• alliteration

• parallelism

the repetition of initial consonant sounds in order to emphasize certain words and make them more memorable.

Juxtaposing (i.e. presenting side-by-side) contrasting ideas in order to create a clear division between two things