the relationship between someones language and ones attitude is the tone of someones voice. if a person has an attitude they likely have a mean tone of voice or mad. If someone has an attitude they may not want to learn new concepts.
A rhetorical device is a linguistic tool that employs a particular type of sentence structure, sound, or pattern of meaning in order to evoke a particular reaction from an audience. Each rhetorical device is a distinct tool that can be used to construct an argument or make an existing argument more compelling.
This is an excerpt from the "Pardoner´s tale which is one of the Canterbury Tales written by Michael Young. Three young men depart to encounter Death and kill it. The adversary mentioned is "Death".