Rhetoric Quiz

appeals to the writer’s character/ethical appeal

• Ethos

• Pathos

• Logos

"We were elected to change Washington, and we let Washington change us." -John McCain.

• anadiplosis

• antithesis

• chiasmus

• polysyndeton

Similarity of structure in a pair or series of related words, phrases, or clauses.

• anaphora

• parallelism

appeals to reason

• Ethos

• Pathos

• Logos

exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally

• allusion

• metaphor

• anaphora

• hyperbole

The juxtaposition (placing together side by side) of contrasting ideas in a balanced way.

• allusion

• chiasmus

• antithesis

• rhetorical question

repetition of the same sound beginning several words in sequence.

• anaphora

• alliteration

• antithesis

• allusion

“We, the people, declare today that the most evident of truths -- that all of us are created equal -- is the star that guides us still; just as it guided our forebears through Seneca Falls, and Selma, and Stonewall; just as it guided all those men and women, sung and unsung, who left footprints along this great Mall, to hear a preacher say that we cannot walk alone; to hear a King proclaim that our individual freedom is inextricably bound to the freedom of every soul on Earth.” (Inaugural Address, President Obama, 2008)

• hyperbole

• anadiplosis

• metaphor

• allusion

appeals to the emotions (empathy) and the sympathetic imagination, as well as to beliefs and values.

• Logos

• Pathos

• Ethos

implied comparison achieved through a figurative use of words; the word is used not in its literal sense, but in one comparable to it.

• hyperbole

• metaphor

• allusion

• alliteration