Rhetorical Devices AP Language

What rhetorical device is employed when contrasting ideas are presented in a parallel manner?

• Chiasmus

• Metonymy

• Antithesis

• Synecdoche

Which rhetorical device is being used when a word is used to stand for something else that it has attributes of or is associated with?

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Metonymy

• Synecdoche

What rhetorical device is employed in the following phrase:

"Life is a journey, travel it well."

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personification

• Hyperbole

An argument based on a personal attack on someone's character.

• appeal to nature

• ad hominem

• non sequitur

• bandwagon fallacy

Substituting a person's actual position with a misrepresented (and usually weaker) version of their argument.

• straw man argument

• appeal to nature

• non sequitur

• guilt by association

My three decades of experience in public service, my tireless commitment to the people of this community, and my willingness to reach across the aisle and cooperate with the opposition make me the ideal candidate for your mayor.

• ethos

• pathos

• logos

• persuasion

A commercial for the new iPhone compares it to the previous model, showing all the ways in which the new one is better.

Which rhetorical device is used?

• Logos

• Pathos

• Ethos

A climate scientist gives a speech to Congress about his studies on climate change to urge them to take action before it's too late.

Which rhetorical device is used?

• Logos

• Pathos

• Ethos

Which of these is NOT an appropriate use of pathos?

• Using a joke to make a point about your argument

• Making your audience feel a personal connection to your argument

• Using statistics to prove your side of the argument is better.

• Telling an emotional personal story connected to your argument

METAPHOR

• A comparison between two things that uses like or as

• An exaggeration

• Repeating words or phrases for emphasis

• A comparison between two things that does not use like or as