Question

Match each print advertisement headline to the rhetorical device it employs. Tiles alliteration hyperbole simile Pairs Hair Like Silk arrowBoth Sunny Spring Scent arrowBoth Results That’ll Blow Your Mind

Answer 1

Alliteration: Sunny Spring Scent

Alliteration refers to the repetition of consonants at the beginning of two or more words next to each other. The words "Sunny," "Spring" and "Scent" all have the same consonant sound at the beginning: "S."

Hyperbole: Results That’ll Blow Your Mind

Hyperbole is a way of speaking or writing in an exaggerated manner used to emphasize, to add humor or to gain attention on something. It is common to use words or phrases that are obviously false.

"Results That’ll Blow Your Mind" is a hyperbole because it is an exaggerated statement that should not be taken literally. It means that the results will amaze or surprise you.

Simile: Hair Like Silk

Similes compare one element to another by using words like "as", "as in",  "like" and others with the purpose of making the writing more colorful and interesting. "Hair Like Silk" is a perfect example of this rhetorical device.

Answer 2

So, alliteration is a form of rhetorical device in which a sentence is made up of words starting with the same letters. Sunny spring scent would fit that. Hair like silk has the "like" in it that is comparing two things, so that would be simile. Hyperbole is over exaggerating something to add emphasis, so "results that'll blow your mind" won't actually blow your mind, so that would be hyperbole. Hope that helps =)