Rhetorical Techniques

Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal." Lincoln says this in his Gettysburg Address. What rhetorical technique is he using? Notice the underlined part of the sentence.

• Diction

• Extended metaphor

• Allusion

• Facts

In Martin Luther King, Jr's speech "I have a Dream," he states, "One hundred years later, the Negro lives on a lonely island of poverty in the midst of a vast ocean of material prosperity." What type of rhetorical technique is this?

• Facts

• Allusion

• Diction

• Extended metaphor

This is a reference to a well-known person, place, event, literary work, or work of art

• Facts

• Extended Metaphor

• Diction

• Allusion

This is repeating a specific word or phrase to add emphasis to its meaning

• Extended metaphor

• Repetition

• Diction

• Facts

This is a comparison of two things without using or like that continues past one line or direct comparison

• Extended metaphor

• Diction

• Anecdote

• Allusion

In Martin Luther King, Jr.'s speech "I Have a Dream," he says the title of his speech over and over in his speech. What is this an example of?

• Allusion

• Diction

• Repetition

• Extended metaphor

This is a short, interesting story that occurred to the speaker/writer

• Repetition

• Extended Metaphor

• Anecdote

• Facts

What is hypophora?

• A figure of speech involving the repetition of a word or phrase

• A figure of speech involving the presentation of two contrasting ideas

• A figure of reasoning in which one or more questions is/are asked and then answered by the same speaker

• A literary technique involving the placement of two concepts next to each other

How is hypophora commonly used in writing?

• To form questions that readers are likely to have on their minds

• To present contrasting ideas in a balanced way

• To omit conjunctions and accelerate a passage

• To repeat a word or phrase at the end of successive clauses or sentences

What is chiasmus?

• A literary technique involving the repetition of a word or phrase

• A figure of speech involving the presentation of two contrasting ideas

• A figure of reasoning in which one or more questions is/are asked and then answered by the same speaker

• A figure of speech in which two successive phrases or clauses reverse the order of analogous words