Example of Rhetorical Term

Question 1

Ethos

Answer 1

“As a doctor, I am qualified to tell you that this course of treatment will likely generate the best results.”

Question 2

Pathos

Answer 2

“As a doctor, I am qualified to tell you that this course of treatment will likely generate the best results.”

Question 3

Logos

Answer 3

“Ladies and gentlemen of the jury: we have not only the fingerprints, the lack of an alibi, a clear motive, and an expressed desire to commit the robbery… We also have video of the suspect breaking in. The case could not be more open and shut.”

Question 4

Rhetorical Question

Answer 4

You didn’t possibly think I would say yes to that did you?

Question 5

Hyperbole

Answer 5

It was so cold I saw polar bears wearing jackets.

Question 6

Allusions

Answer 6

” Don’t act like a Romeo in front of her.” – “Romeo” is a reference to Shakespeare’s Romeo, a passionate lover of Juliet, in “Romeo and Juliet”.

Question 7

Words with Positive Connotation

Answer 7

Childlike, Youthful, Childish, Young.

Question 8

Words with Negative Connotation

Answer 8

Gawky, bizarre, unyielding

Question 9

Alliteration

Answer 9

Peter Piper Picked a peck of pickled peppers

Question 10

Repetition

Answer 10

Do you like green eggs and ham?

No I do not like green eggs and ham. I do not like them Sam I am.

Question 11

Parallel Structure

Answer 11

Succeeding is opening a new opportunity.

Question 12

Listing

Answer 12

The paladins in voltron are Shiro, Pidge, Keith, Lance, and Hunk.

Question 13

Metaphor

Answer 13

You are my sunshine.

Question 14

Simile

Answer 14

Brave as a lion

Question 15

Personification

Answer 15

Hunk heard the last piece of pie call his name