Which option is the best example of someone using a rhetorical device? A. A politician who persuades voters with a billboard B.
A teacher who gives a lazy student a bad grade C. A poet who finds a perfect way to convey sadness D. An accountant who tries to balance a difficult budget
Rethorical devices are used order words in a certain way to convey meaning or to persuade. However, they can also be used as a technique to evoke particular emotions. Some of them are considered figurative language because they have a non-literal meaning.
Therefore, your answer would be A, a politician who persuades voters with a billboard because he is making use of those words to convince the audience. Yet, C, a poet who finds a perfect way to convey sadness could also be considered correct since poetry is full of figures of speech. One of the main features of poetry is to use figurative language.
"Play means activity for fun or a dramatic performance. An example of play is building a house with blocks. An example of play is a performance of Shakespeare's Macbeth. To participate in the game indicated."
Theme of a novel or other literary work is the main idea - what the writer wants us to understand and remember after we've finished reading it. It is usually something short, and true, which is why in the literary world the theme is also known as short truth.
