Language Features and Rhetorical Devices

Question 1

STrong and STable

Answer 1

alliteration (repetition of consonant sounds)

Question 2

a FLOOD of migrants

Answer 2

metaphor

Question 3

AS rich AS Olav Thon

Answer 3

simile (comparison using ‘like’ or ‘as’)

Question 4

There is STORMY WEATHER ahead

Answer 4

metaphor / symbolism (storms symbolise trouble and unpredictability)

Question 5

The Democrats are spending money LIKE it’s water

Answer 5

simile (comparison using ‘like’ or ‘as’)

Question 6

a BEAUTIFUL wall

Answer 6

positively charged vocabulary

Question 7

WE SHALL FIGHT on the beaches, WE SHALL FIGHT on the landing grounds

Answer 7

anaphora (repetition of words at the START of a sentence / clause)

Question 8

Donald Duck and Mickey Mouse

Answer 8

alliteration

Question 9

I’M NOT HERE to tell you what to do. I’M HERE to show you what’s really happening

Answer 9

antithesis (saying what the audience should NOT think first, then what they SHOULD think

Question 10

that NASTY woman

Answer 10

negatively charged vocabulary

Question 11

I’m going to build a WALL. It’s going to be a beautiful WALL

Answer 11

repetition (or, more precisely, epistrophe - repeating a word at the END of a sentence / clause)

Question 12

BLACK or WHITE, RICH or POOR

Answer 12

juxtaposition (placing opposites next to each other for extra impact)

Question 13

People are working hard but struggling to feed their families

Answer 13

pathos (appealing to the audience’s emotions, e.g. sympathy)

Question 14

Look at everything we’ve achieved in the last 4 years

Answer 14

ethos (saying ‘Trust me: I’m experienced / knowledgeable/ honest / hardworking etc)

Question 15

Children are dying

Answer 15

pathos

Question 16

Are you going to trust someone who lies to you?

Answer 16

rhetorical question

Question 17

as strong as an ox

Answer 17

simile

Question 18

I have seen it with my own eyes

Answer 18

ethos

Question 19

from Portland, Maine (far north-east coast of US) to Portland, Oregon (west coast of US)

Answer 19

juxtaposition

Question 20

The president is holding a gun to your head

Answer 20

metaphor

Question 21

I want it. You want it. We all want it.

Answer 21

repetition / epistrophe, personal appeal

Question 22

They don’t want you to succeed; they want you to fail

Answer 22

antithesis

Question 23

I want to know 3 things: when, where and why

Answer 23

alliteration (w) and tricolon

Question 24

We will tell Brussels what we really think

Answer 24

symbolism or metonymy (Brussels symbolises/represents the EU, as Westminster represents political power in Britain and Washington / the Capitol does in the US

Question 25

The Tories are destroying your NHS

Answer 25

personal appeal, negatively charged vocabulary, pathos

Question 26

save our souls

Answer 26

alliteration

Question 27

I know what I’m doing

Answer 27

ethos

Question 28

lazy, greedy, worthless people

Answer 28

negatively charged vocabulary

Question 29

Alone and hungry, little Anya needs your help

Answer 29

pathos

Question 30

we all want to care for our families

Answer 30

personal appeal (& pathos)

Question 31

This is a great country, full of great people

Answer 31

repetition and pathos

Question 32

Ask not what your country can do for you. Ask what you can do for your country.

Answer 32

antithesis

Question 33

Teachers and taxi drivers, mothers and mechanics

Answer 33

alliteration

Question 34

Am I going to help you? Yes, I am.

Answer 34

rhetorical question

Question 35

life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness

Answer 35

tricolon (and alliteration)