Rhetorical Appeals and Rhetorical Devices Review

the art of using language to communicate effectively and persuasively

• central idea

• rhetoric

• tone

• figurative language

The three rhetorical appeals are...

• ethos, pathos, cheerios

• ethos, pathos, burritos

• ethos, pathos, logos

• ethos, pathos, logicos

The ethical appeal based on the credibility and character of the speaker.

• alliteration

• pathos

• logos

• ethos

The appeal that persuades by using logic and reasoning is called...

• logos

• personification

• pathos

• ethos

The appeal to emotion is also called...

• pathos

• ethos

• logos

• sympathy

an implied comparison between two unlike things to help readers perceive the object of the comparison more vividly

• metaphor

• personification

• rhetoric

• alliteration

A question posed for effect, not requiring an answer.

• metaphor

• rhetorical question

• alliteration

• personification

a repetition of consonant sounds, generally at the beginnings of words, such as “while I pondered, weak and weary”

• metaphor

• alliteration

• pathos

• personification

something that is not human is given human characteristics

• alliteration

• rhetorical appeal

• simile

• personification

Which of the following would be a technique that implements (uses) logos?

• making people laugh

• agreeing with someone who is credible

• include research with statistics