Matching Pairs Rhetorical DevicesOnline version Find the matching sets of rhetorical devices and their definitions. by Hinson, Brenna (SHS Teacher) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Attacking your opponent’s character or personal traits in an attempt to undermine their argument. An appeal to credibility and authority. Appealing to popularity or the fact that many people do something as an attempted form of validation. Presuming that a real or perceived relationship between things means that one is the cause of the other. Where two alternative states are presented as the only possibilities, when in fact more possibilities exist. An appeal to logic and facts. Misrepresenting someone’s argument to make it easier to attack. A question in which the questioner does not expect a direct answer. In many cases it may be intended to start a discussion, or emphasize the speaker's or author's opinion on a topic. An appeal to emotion. A list of successive words or phrases with the same or very similar grammatical structure. A circular argument in which the conclusion is included in the premise. Repetition is the simple repeating of a word, within a short space of words, with no particular placement of the words to secure emphasis.
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