Rhetorical devices

Question 1

rhetoric

Answer 1

study of effective and persuasive language using the power of words

Question 2

ethos

Answer 2

appeals to shared beliefs and values (upper authority)

Question 3

logos

Answer 3

appeals to logic or reason

Question 4

pathos

Answer 4

appeals to emotions

Question 5

allusion

Answer 5

References to ideas the audience should know.
- history
-religious
-pop culture

Question 6

anaphora

Answer 6

Repetition of a word or phrase.

Question 7

Antithesis

Answer 7

Opposite ideas in the same sentence, usually in parallel structure.

Question 8

aphorism

Answer 8

shorth, pithy saying

Question 9

Asyndeton

Answer 9

absence of FANBOYS in a series

Question 10

concession

Answer 10

acknowledging the other side/perspective in an argument

Question 11

juxtaposition

Answer 11

Purposely putting two opposite images or ideas side by side to contrast them and emphasize differences.

Question 12

parallelism

Answer 12

Identical grammatical patterns
(verb tenses match, ran, jumped, swam)

Question 13

polysyndeton

Answer 13

Too many (more than normal) FANBOYS in a series.

Question 14

Rhetorical question

Answer 14

Asking a question to make the reader think.