Rhetorical Device project
7th period group 3
Exaggeration
A statement that represents something as better or worse than it really is.
Exaggeration
Definition
A statement that represents as better or worse than it really is.
Example
''I've told you a thousand times''
''I'm so hungry I can eat a horse''
EXAGGERATION
Leading Question
Definition
A question that prompts or encourages the desired answer.
Example
''Weren't you at Duffy's bar the night of July 15th?''
It suggests the particular answer or contains the information the examiner is looking to have confirmed.
Leading Questions
Loaded Terms
Defintition
Wording that attempts to influence an audience by using appeal to emotion or stereotypes.
Examples
put up with vs. tolerate
this can create emotional images that is different in each person examples such as:
abortion
death
holiday
peace
loaded language