Rhetorical Devices PPT.pdf

"Life is a journey" is an example of what?

Identify the metaphor.

What are the following examples of:

jumbo shrimp,

exact copy,

small crowd,

passive aggressive

Which rhetorical device is this:

“During the holidays, she acted like a Scrooge, purchasing presents only for herself”

Which rhetorical device is the following example? 

“We’ve got the iPod, best music player in the world. We’ve got the iPod Nanos, brand new models, colors are back. We’ve got the amazing new iPod Shuffle.”

Which rhetorical device is the following example? 

"We have seen the state of our Union in the endurance of rescuers, working past exhaustion.  We've seen the unfurling of flags, the lighting of candles, the giving of blood, the saying of prayers -- in English, Hebrew, and Arabic.”

  —George Bush, Address to the Nation on Terrorism

What are the following examples of

“Sanitation engineer”

  “Pre-owned vehicle”

“Economically disadvantaged”

Which rhetorical device is the following example?   

 "Don't you ever talk about my friends! You don't know any of my friends. You don't look at any of my friends. And you certainly wouldn't condescend to speak to any of my friends.”   --Judd Nelson as John Bender in The Breakfast Club

Which TWO rhetorical devices do you see in the following example:

“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair…