Read the excerpt from a speech by the class president petitioning the principal to build a new stadium. Our stadium is crumbling, and the effects have been felt for generations! If we built a new stadium, our community would benefit, and millions would flock to town for the home games. Profits would soar, as local businesses would be flooded with new clients on game nights. And your legacy as the best principal ever would be established for all to see. Which rhetorical technique is the speaker using? appeal overstatement parallelism shift

The following quotation is an example of which rhetorical device?"After nine grueling innings, Atlanta finally won the game." Irony Antithesis Zeugma Synecdoche

And so they did begin; they founded colleges, and up from the colleges shot normal schools, and out from the normal schools went teachers, and around the normal teachers clustered other teachers to teach the public schools; the college trained in Greek and Latin and mathematics, 2,000 men; and these men trained full 50,000 others in morals and manners, and they in turn taught thrift and the alphabet to nine millions of men, who to-day hold $300,000,000 of property.Which rhetorical appeal is present in this sentence? (2 points)Ethos, because Dubois presents reasons why something is morally right or wrongLogos, because Dubois lists numbers that support the value of educationPathos, because Dubois makes the audience feel sad about a lack of educationThere is no rhetorical appeal present in this passage

Read this line from Patrick Henry's speech:We are apt to shut our eyes against a painful truth – and listen to the song of the siren till she transforms us into beasts.What two rhetorical strategies does he most clearly use here?A.He uses personification to appeal to ethos.B.He uses parallelism to build pathos.C.He uses metaphor to appeal to pathos.D.He uses simile to emphasize logos.SUBMITarrow_backPREVIOUS

"In his (2005) Commencement Address at Knox College, Barack Obama strategically employs historical allusions, persuasive rhetoric, and thought-provoking comparisons, emphasizing the urgency of collective action in addressing societal challenges and shaping the nation's trajectory. By adeptly utilizing rhetorical strategies such as ethos, pathos, and a compelling array of rhetorical devices, Obama effectively implores the graduating class to recognize their role in driving societal progress, thus prompting a critical analysis of the speech's persuasive techniques and their impact on the audience's perception and engagement."

Question 12 of 16Which example most clearly describes part of a rhetorical situation?A.Evidence used to back up a series of well-thought-out pointsB.The vice president's goal of persuading young people to voteC.A logical argument meant to appeal to listeners' common senseD.The president's use of words like liar to smear his opponentSUBMITarrow_backPREVIOUS