Which of the following best describes a rhetorical device?

a.) a technique used in writing or speaking that is intended to persuade

b.) a technique that employs fallacies to confuse or convince the reader

c.) metaphors, fallacies, persuasion, and pathos but not logos

d.) a technique intended to manipulate the reader into believing things that are not true

e.) none of the above

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Deon

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13 October, 06:28

Which of the following best describes a rhetorical device?

a.) a technique used in writing or speaking that is intended to persuade

b.) a technique that employs fallacies to confuse or convince the reader

c.) metaphors, fallacies, persuasion, and pathos but not logos

d.) a technique intended to manipulate the reader into believing things that are not true

e.) none of the above

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Cameron Taylor · Answer 1

A rhetorical device is a technique used in writing or speaking that is intended to persuade. Examples of these are: logos, pathos, ethos, metaphors, irony, etc.