Rhetorical Devices

The two rhetorical devices that I have used in the last couple of weeks are sarcasm and hyperbole. Sarcasm is a rhetorical device that basically allows someone to insult and/or ridicule someone else while deflecting it with the use of humor. I use sarcasm when I tell my fiancé that I love the way he has cleaned our bedroom. Since getting engaged a few months ago he and I have moved in together. He is not as interested in keeping things as clean as I am so I "tease" him about the messes he makes. I also have used hyperbole recently. Hyperbole is a rhetorical device that uses exaggeration. I don't use hyperbole in a negative way to distort facts, but I may say things like I would just die if that happened to me. The book depicts rhetorical devices as negative, which I think is the case sometimes, but I think they can also be used in harmless ways.