Rhetorical Devices in Persuasive Speech

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What is the purpose of charged language in a persuasive speech?

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It engages listeners’ emotions through the use of dramatic words and phrases.

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Which rhetorical devices are represented in the underlined phrases from King’s speech?

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parallelism and repetition

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Which choice explains the effect of the rhetorical device King uses?

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The analogy of comparing the cause for civil rights to a strong storm sways listeners to believe that some social structures must radically change.

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What is the best definition of tribulations in the following sentence? We experienced a host of tribulations on our trip to India: the airline put our luggage on the wrong plane, someone stole our rental car, and we both got sick the day after we arrived.

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woes, miseries

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Which sentence from “I Have a Dream” demonstrates parallel constructions?

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“This momentous decree came as a great beacon light of hope to millions of Negro slaves who had been seared in the flames of withering injustice.”