Identify the figurative language used in the sentence: 'The wind whispered through the trees.'

What is the rhetorical device used in the sentence: 'The car was as fast as lightning.'?

What is the rhetorical device used in the sentence: 'I've told you a million times to clean your room!'?

In the sentence 'The leaves danced in the wind,' what figurative language is being used?

What is the rhetorical device used in the sentence: 'She's as skinny as a toothpick.'?

The art of persuasive speaking and writing is known as:

An ethical appeal to establish credibility and trust.

Choose the rhetorical appeal that best fits the definition above.

An appeal to logic and reason.

Choose the rhetorical appeal that best fits the definition above.

An appeal to emotions.

Choose the rhetorical appeal that best fits the definition above.

An over-exaggeration used for emphasis or effect (example: There is enough food in this fridge to feed an army!)

A question that is not expected to be answered, used for effect or to emphasize an obvious point (example: Can birds fly? There's no point, is there? Is this a joke?)

A brief indirect reference to a person, event, object, time period, literary work, etc. (example: Don't be such a Scrooge! The good Samaritan appeared on the scene. His smile is like kryptonite to me.)

A direct comparison of two different things without using the words "like" or "as" (example: Laughter is the music of the soul.)

Using strongly contrasting words, images, or ideas

"I came, I saw, I conquered" is an example of

"Hope for the best; prepare for the worst" is an example of

Using a part to name the whole, or using the name of one thing for that of another associated with it. Example: Lakewood scored the winning goal.

What's the Rhetorical Device?

The process of creating a word that mimics a sound and using it to describe that sound