Question

A rhetorical device is a specific approach or tool a writer uses to influence, persuade, or inform the reader/audience.

True
False

Answer 1

True because it is not meant to be answered just to further the authors point

Answer 2

This is true. Every rhetorical device is directly correlated with a rhetorical appeal(ethos, pathos, or logos) and may often include multiple of these appeals. These appeals are a writer's way of manipulating the audience to believe their claims or to feel a certain way, whether their intent is to inform, persuade, or even to tell a story.