Directions: Read the passage. Each bolded excerpt represents a rhetorical device or example of figurative language from the chart below. Paste the sentence that uses the technique, then explain why the technique was used. Be sure to answer in a complete sentence and use your best writing skills. An example has been filled in for you.
Rhetorical Device, Appeal or Figurative Language Paste the sentence from the closing arguments that is an example of the rhetorical device, appeal, or figurative language In one sentence, explain why the rhetorical appeal, device, or figurative language was used. What is the effect? How does it serve the purpose?

pathos
We are gathered on this final day of the trial to make sense of Careless Construction’s utter disregard for wildlife. This example would make the jury feel angry about the construction company’s carelessness.

logos


pathos


ethos


irony


rhetorical question


alliteration


allusion


hyperbole


personification


simile