Rhetorical Devices

Question 1

What is logos

Answer 1

The appeal to reason

Question 2

What is pathos

Answer 2

The appeal to emotion

Question 3

What is ethos

Answer 3

The appeal to ethics or guiding beliefs

Question 4

What is Kairos

Answer 4

To bring urgency to a cause

Question 5

What is aliteration

Answer 5

The repetition of the same initial sound

Question 6

What is anaphora

Answer 6

Repetition of a phrase

Question 7

What is generalization

Answer 7

oversimplification used for emphasis

Question 8

What is parallelism

Answer 8

A similarity of structure in a phrase such as”Are you dying to live or living to die”

Question 9

What is a rhetorical question

Answer 9

A question used for emphasis, but it has a obvious

Question 10

What is a paradox

Answer 10

A contradictory statement

Question 11

What is aphorism

Answer 11

A short memorable statement such as a penny saved, is a penny earned

Question 12

What is incongruity

Answer 12

A statement that is out of place such as The story from rags to riches

Question 13

What is diction

Answer 13

Particular choice of words

Question 14

What is a scapegoat

Answer 14

Someone in which is always blamed

Question 15

What is cardstacking

Answer 15

Using favorable facts to show a point

Question 16

What is a anecdote

Answer 16

A short story told by author

Question 17

Give an example logos

Answer 17

1/5 men will try marijuana in they lifetime

Question 18

What is the following an example of

The world is burning, we need to do something

Answer 18

Kairos

Question 19

What is the following an example of

Your donation may help the lost puppy find his home

Answer 19

Your donation may help the lost puppy find his home

Pathos

Question 20

What is a example of ethos

Answer 20

A commercial about a specific brand of toothpaste says that 4 out of 5 dentists use it.