Rhetorical Devices

6. An appeal to the audience's emotions and values
9. A type of evidence that uses personal stories
10. He was the world's best player; he was the world's worst loser; he was the bravest he's ever been; he was the most terrified he's ever been.
12. I never study, and I have straight As, so nobody should study!
16. must be arguable!
17. Prejudice
18. Black and White thinking
19. When a speaker uses logic and reasoning to make their point
20. He felt as small as a cockroach
21. I've told you a million times
22. If you give an inch, they'll take a mile...

1. The other point of view
2. A word's literal definition
3. A word's emotional impact
4. A professional athlete promoting a specific basketball shoe.
5. Her smile was lightning flashing across the dark sky of his mind
7. A type of evidence that compares your claim to something else, e.g., "This is just like what happened in the holocaust."
8. Everybody is doing it, so you should too!
11. Flaw in logic
13. Reference
14. A type of evidence that uses numerical facts
15. Why should I believe you; you're just a kid.
18. What a speaker or writer must use to back up their claim
23. Concrete evidence showing a specific instance