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Rhetorical Devices Flashcards

Mrs. Wendy Turner AP English Language and Composition. Rhetorical Devices Flashcards. Set 1. Rhetorical Devices Flashcards. For each example, identify the rhetorical device being used; click on the cow to come back to the home page. 1. 6. 11. 16. 21. 2. 7. 12. 17. 22. 3. 8. 13.

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Rhetorical Devices Flashcards

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  1. Mrs. Wendy Turner AP English Language and Composition Rhetorical Devices Flashcards Set 1

  2. Rhetorical Devices Flashcards For each example, identify the rhetorical device being used; click on the cow to come back to the home page. 1 6 11 16 21 2 7 12 17 22 3 8 13 18 23 4 9 14 19 24 5 10 15 20 25

  3. “East and West do not mistrust each other because we are armed; we’re armed because we mistrust each other.”

  4. “We find ourselves rich in goods, but ragged in spirits.”

  5. “The heart of America is heavy. The spirit of America weeps.”

  6. “People are dropping like rats; they’re falling like flies.”

  7. “In 1931, 10 years ago, Japan invaded Manchukuo– without warning. In 1935, Italy invaded Ethiopia – without warning. In 1938, Hitler occupied Austria – without warning.”

  8. “Icy hot” and “bittersweet” are examples of what?

  9. “I dribbled, I shot, I scored.”

  10. “How y’all doin’” is an example of what?

  11. “He is an American citizen and is entitled to due process” is an example of what?

  12. “Harried by day and haunted by night” is an example of what?

  13. “Fortune smiled upon him” is an example of what?

  14. “For students who want the day off from school, a blizzard is a desirable calamity” uses which rhetorical figure?

  15. “For example,” “however,” and “consequently” are examples of what?

  16. “Susan B. Anthony struggled for women’s rights.” This sentence illustrates what type of voice?

  17. “Students must cite their sources when writing the synthesis essay on the AP Exam.” This sentence uses which voice?

  18. Sometimes soccer is a strenuous, satisfying sport” contains which figure of speech?

  19. “Satiric,” “sarcastic,” and “sardonic” are all examples of what?

  20. “Tim O’Brien, the most widely acclaimed living novelist, won a Pulitzer.” What are the italicized words in the preceding sentence?

  21. Psalm 23: “The Lord is my Shepherd, I shall not want,” is an example of what rhetorical figure?

  22. President Reagan was shot as a result of the bullet ricocheting off the bullet proof glass of his limousine, which was designed to protect him from gunfire. This is an example of what?

  23. “We are a people in a quandary about the present. We are a people in search of our future. We are a people in search of a national community” is an example of what rhetorical term?

  24. Placing the extraordinary next to the mundane is an example of what?

  25. Patrick Henry’s quote “Give me liberty or give me death” is an example of what?

  26. “That’s one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind” is an example of what?

  27. “This country is a shining city on a hill.” This is an example of what rhetorical figure?

  28. “I came to bury Caesar, not to praise him” is an example of what?

  29. Antimetabole Home

  30. Antithesis Home

  31. Personification Home

  32. Simile Home

  33. Antistrophe or Epistrophe Home

  34. Oxymoron Home

  35. Asyndeton Home

  36. Colloquialism Home

  37. Enthymeme Home

  38. Antithesis Home

  39. Personification Home

  40. Oxymoron Home

  41. Transitions Home

  42. Active Voice Home

  43. Active Voice Home

  44. Alliteration Home

  45. Tone Home

  46. Appositive Home

  47. Metaphor Home

  48. Situational Irony Home

  49. Anaphora Home

  50. Juxtaposition Home

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