Rhetoric Devices

Question 0

Anaphorism

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A concise statement designed to make a point or illustrate a commonly held belief. The writings of Benjamin Franklin contain many anaphorisms, such as,”Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise.”

Question 1

Anectode

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A brief story or tale told by a character in a piece of literature

Question 2

Delayed sentence

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A sentence that withholds it’s main idea until the end. “Just as he bent to tie his shoe, the car hit him.

Question 3

Irony

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A situation or statement characterized by significant difference between what is expected or understood and what actually happens or is meant

Question 4

Pathos

Answer 4

In dramatic literature, the moral element that determines a characters actions rather then thought or emotions.

Question 5

Parallelism

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Recurrent syntactical similarities where several parts of a sentence are expressed alike to show that the ideas in the parts or sentences equal in importance.

Question 6

Anaphora

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Regular repetition of the same word or phrase at the begin inning of successive phrases

Question 7

Voice

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The person talking

Question 8

Mood

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Ambience

Question 9

Audience

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Person reached by the writing

Question 10

Logos

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Logic

Question 11

Ethos

Answer 11

Ethicality