Devices

Question 0

Pathos

Answer 0

Appeal to emotion

Question 1

Logos

Answer 1

Appeal to logic

Question 2

Ethos

Answer 2

Ethical appeal

Question 3

Anaphora

Answer 3

Device of repetition in which the same expression is repeated at beginning of successive phrases

Question 4

Aporia

Answer 4

Expression of doubt by which speaker appears to be uncertain at to what to say, do, etc

Question 5

Antithesis

Answer 5

Opposition or contrast of ideas or words in a balanced or parallel construction
Ex: “To be or not to be”

Question 6

Apostrophe

Answer 6

A sudden turn from the general audience to address a specific group or person, thing, etc

Question 7

Cause and effect fallacy

Answer 7

Suggests first of two events caused the second, when in fact, the effect may have an entirely different cause

Question 8

Dramatic Pause

Answer 8

Using strategically placed pauses

Question 9

Either or fallacy

Answer 9

Involves a situation in which only two alternatives are considered, when in fact there are more options

Question 10

Hasty generalization

Answer 10

Draws a general rule from a single, perhaps a typical case

Question 11

Parallelism

Answer 11

Technique of arranging words, phrases, clauses or larger structure by placing them side by side and making them similar in form

Question 12

Loaded words

Answer 12

Words with emotional connotation, sway reader’s opinion

Question 13

Rhetorical Questions

Answer 13

Question that does not expect an answer

Question 14

Red herring

Answer 14

Raises an irrelevant issue to draw attention away from the real issue

Question 15

Paralipsis

Answer 15

Call attention to something by specifically saying you will not mention it