Which sentences use rhetorical devices?

1) The cat leaped over the table and broke the expensive vase.

2) Most people today read newspapers on the Internet.

3) Outside, the torrential rain poured like a waterfall.

4) In the summer, we can wear lightweight clothing.

5) Saving the orangutans is a Herculean task for conservationists.

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Whitie

24 October, 23:05

Which sentences use rhetorical devices?

1) The cat leaped over the table and broke the expensive vase.

2) Most people today read newspapers on the Internet.

3) Outside, the torrential rain poured like a waterfall.

4) In the summer, we can wear lightweight clothing.

5) Saving the orangutans is a Herculean task for conservationists.

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Keely Rasmussen · Answer 1

A Rhetorical Device is the use of words to convince or impart a certain meaning and to stir up emotions of the reader or the audience. Among the following choices, Number 3, Outside, the torrential rain poured like a waterfall, uses a rhetorical device specifically, Simile. And also Number 5, Saving the orangutans is a Herculean task for conservationists. Herculean is an example of Allusion.