Similes and metaphors are both forms of analogies.
Pseudoreasoning like apple polishing, scare tactics and arguments are some type of rhetorical device that attempts to justify action. Pseudoreasoning is of two types those that are constructed like real argument and those that appeal in misguided fashion.
The rhetorical device that attempts to justify an action based on popular belief or participation is an argumentum ad populum. Argumentum ad populum is a logical fallacy, because popular opinion can often be wrong.
The rhetorical device is known as equivocation, where the meaning of a term changes subtly throughout an argument. This allows the speaker to present their case in a way that may seem convincing, but in reality, the argument depends on a shift in the meaning of a key term.
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It's important to provide the sentence in order to determine the rhetorical device being used.
Peer pressure
prejudicial use of rhetorical devices?
The answer is insinuation but I'm not sure that it's a rhetorical device.
Rhetorical Explanation.
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redherring/smokescreen
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