SAT Rhetorical

Match the definition to the rhetorical device: deliberate exaggeration for persuasive effect.

• characterization

• euphemism

• aphorism

• hyperbole

Match the definition to the rhetorical device: a deliberate reversal of expectations in order to surprise a reader.

• aphorism

• euphemism

• parallelism

• irony

Match the definition to the rhetorical device: an application of a word or phrase to something it doesn't literally apply to.

• aphorism

• simile

• metaphor

• irony

Match the definition to the rhetorical device: the use of repeated grammatical form to emphasize a point.

• aphorism

• euphemism

• parallelism

• irony

Match the definition to the rhetorical device: the attribution of personal qualities to something that it not a person.

• personification

• simile

• metaphor

• irony

Match the definition to the rhetorical device: a comparison using like or as.

• personification

• simile

• metaphor

• irony

Match the definition to the rhetorical device: encourages the reader to complete a point by suggesting that it is less significant than it obviously is.

• aphorism

• understatement

• parallelism

• irony

to talk down to

• fallacious

• solicit

• elusive

• condescend

A ______________ is used to show how others might view a topic differently than you. To overcome this, you should follow it up with a strong, fact-based rebuttal. 

• claim

• counteragument

• appeal

• hypothesis

Match the definition to the rhetorical device: a question asked for effect with no answer expected.

• A) metaphor

• B) rhetorical question

• C) irony

• D) hyperbole