Rhetorical Devices English I

Identify the rhetorical devices used in the following sentence: "For no government is better than the men who compose it, and I want the best, and we need the best, and we deserve the best."- John F. Kennedy

• anaphora

• epistrophe

• hyperbole

• apposition

Identify the rhetorical device used in the following sentence:

• antithesis

• litotes

• epistrophe

• anaphora

Identify the rhetorical device used in the following sentence: I'm so hungry I could eat a horse.

• hyperbole

• anaphora

• apposition

• litotes

Identify the rhetorical device used in the following sentence: “Speech is silver, but silence is gold.”

• apposition

• antithesis

• epistrophe

• anaphora

What is a rhetorical question?

• A question that does NOT need to be answered.

• A random question asked in adverts.

• A question that NEEDS to be answered.

What is a rhetorical question?

• It's what you call a turkey after you turn it inside out and stuff it full of applesauce

• It's a question that you're expecting an answer from

• It's a type of dental floss

• It's a question that you ask to prove a point(no answer expected)

A rhetorical question _____________

• requires and answer

• Does not require an answer

Rhetorical questions are literal.

• True

• False

A rhetorical question is supposed to be...

• Funny

• Sad

• Confusing

• Obvious

Rhetorical questions are literal.

• True

• False