Vocab Pre-Test: Rhetorical Devices & Strategies

word choice

• diction
• logos
• ethos
• anecdote

the presentation of something as being smaller or less important than it actually is

• understatement
• audience
• credibility
• personification

the art of using language effectively and persuasively

• rhetoric
• analogy
• hyperbole
• syntax

an exaggeration for effect

• hyperbole
• ethos
• understatement
• purpose

sentence structure; the order of words in a sentence

• syntax
• occasion
• purpose
• credibility

a figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes

• personification
• verbal irony
• occasion
• logos

a contrast between what is said and what is meant

• verbal irony
• hyperbole
• logos
• ethos

a comparison of two unlike things using "like" or "as"

• simile
• pathos
• syntax
• analogy

the quality of being believable or trustworthy

• credibility
• personification
• audience
• verbal irony

a brief narrative that focuses on a particular incident or event

• anecdote
• purpose
• verbal irony
• audience