Rhetorical Devices Quizscards

"big. beefy. bliss." is which device?

• slogan

• alliteration

• asterismos

• simile

This ad is asking you to subscribe, which is what rhetorical device?

• Call to Action

• Metaphor

• Slogan

• Asterismos

A reflection of a writer's or a speaker's attitude toward the subject matter.

• tone

• diction

• vernacular

• examples

When I was young, I skipped stones, danced to music, and ripped my jeans.

• Repetition

• Rhetorical question

• Parallel structure listing verbs

• Parallel structure listing nouns

Rhetorical Question

• What is 2 + 2?

• Do you want to lose 20 pounds in 2 weeks?

• The strategy of asking a question and immediately answering it.

• After all, what is life anyway? We are born, live a little and then die.

It doesn't matter that I loved you yesterday. It doesn't matter that I kissed you last night. It doesn't matter that one summer day brought us together...because you just tore us apart.

• Rhetorical question

• Sensory details

• Parallel structure

• Repetition

The use of "All" at the beginning of each phrase is an example of which device?

• Alliteration

• Anaphora

• Anecdote

• Eutrepismus

I remember learning how to swim. I took lessons at the community pool in the town where I grew up. One of the lifeguards, Ms. Jen, really helped me get comfortable with holding my breath. She'd play this bobbing game with us that had a fun song to go along with it. Whenever I get in a pool, I still sing that song in my head.

This is an example of what device?

• Anecdote

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Call to Action

ANALOGY

• Compares two different things that have similar characteristics
• using an adjective or an adjective phrase to describe a noun
• An exaggeration
• A two-word paradox

An instance serving for illustration of an argument; true statements about a topic

• examples/ facts/ statistics

• pathos

• parallelism

• anaphora