Rhetorical Devices

Question 1

Rhetorical question

Answer 1

Question asked to solely produce an effect

Question 2

Hyperbole

Answer 2

Extreme exaggeration

Question 3

Understatement

Answer 3

Opposite of exaggeration. Use of minimization for effect

Question 4

Metaphor

Answer 4

Comparison of two unlike things without using “like” or “as”

Question 5

Simile

Answer 5

Comparing two things using like or as

Question 6

Tone

Answer 6

Attitude toward the subject and toward the audience implied

Question 7

Diction

Answer 7

A writers or speakers choice of words for emphasis or to prove a point

Question 8

Appeal to authority

Answer 8

Reference to recognized experts

Question 9

Irony

Answer 9

Words that imply the opposite of its literal meaning

Question 10

Juxtaposition

Answer 10

The location of one this adjacent to another to make a point. Usually not placed together. Two opposite ideas set alongside one another for effect. Ideas not words

Question 11

Repetition

Answer 11

The reiteration of a word for emphasis

Question 12

Anecdote

Answer 12

Short person account of an interesting event. A small story

Question 13

Analogy

Answer 13

Used to make a rational argument and support ideas by showing connections between dissimilar things

Question 14

Examples

Answer 14

Use of vivid examples to prove a point

Question 15

Fright

Answer 15

A frightened reader is interested. Fright is personal
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