Rhetorical Devices Flashcard

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What type of language is used in the excerpt: "See, I know sometimes it’s fun hanging out with them. You laugh. You joke. But that don’t mean much. It’s easy to be friends when things are going well. But what about when things ain’t going well?"?

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Colloquial Language

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What type of language is used in the excerpt: "It’s better to walk alone at night than with a fake friend in the light. Better an enemy attack you than a fake friend hugs you."? Options: Colloquial, Formal, Loaded

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Loaded

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The following excerpt most closely reflects which appeal? "Oprah said: Everybody wants to ride with you in the limo, but what about when that limo breaks down, and it’s cold. Who’s going to be there with you on the side of the road? Who’s gonna be there to carry your bags with you as you gotta walk home?"Options: Ethos (Ethics-Credibility), Pathos (Emotions-Feelings), Logos (Logic-Facts)

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Ethos (Ethics-Credibility)

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The following excerpt most closely reflects which appeal? "So you can’t call everybody your friend. The word FRIEND comes from an European word FREUND, meaning to love. These people they don’t love you."Options: Ethos (Ethics-Credibility), Pathos (Emotions-Feelings), Logos (Logic-Facts)

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Logos (Logic-Facts)

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The following excerpt most closely reflects which appeal? "See, I believe these so called “friends” you have their season has passed. And it’s your season now. Where you flourish. Where you grow. And you become exactly who you were always meant to be."

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Pathos (Emotion-Feelings)

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The following excerpt contains an example of which rhetorical device? "I know you may say it don’t matter, it don’t matter, they don’t affect me."

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Anaphora

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The following excerpt contains an example of which rhetorical device? "Are they raising you up? Or pushing you down? Are they helping you grow? Or holding you back?"

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Parallelism

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The following excerpt contains an example of which rhetorical device? "It’s better to walk alone at night than with a fake friend in the light. Better an enemy attack you than a fake friend hugs you."Options: Anaphora, Juxtaposition, Parallelism, Simile

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Juxtaposition

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The following excerpts are an example of which rhetorical device? "You have something special inside of you." "I’m gonna say it again: You have a gift inside of you."

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Restatement

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The following excerpt contains an example of which rhetorical device? "You gotta answer that call. Because it’s not gonna ring forever."

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Synecdoche