Rhetoric 1
Logos
An attempt to persuade using the author's or speaker's authority or credibility
Ethos
An attempt to persuade by creating an emotional response
Pathos
These are used in writing an speaking in order to persuade the reader or the listener of a specific point.
Rhetorical Devices
When the reader or viewer knows something that the character involved does not
Dramatic irony
Saying the opposite of what you mean.
Verbal Irony
Using very descriptive or figurative language to help create a mental picture.
Imagery
A difference between what you expect to happen and what actually happens
Situational Irony
A difference between what you expect to happen and what actually happens
Foreshadowing
Using the same words more than once
Repetition
Using an object to represent an abstract idea or emotion
Symbolism
Giving something that is not human the characteristics or abilities of a human
Personification
Comparing two unlike things without using the words "like" or "as"
Metaphor
Comparing two unlike things by using the words "like" or "as"
Simile
An exaggeration
Hyperbole
A word that sounds like what it names
Onomatopeia
Double Points!
A mild or indirect way to state something unpleasant or embarrassing
Euphemism
Double Points!
An idea made up of two contradictory words
Oxymoron
a reference to a famous person, place, or event
Allusion
Double Points!
Using two ideas together in order to reveal how they contrast each other
Juxtaposition
Name the rhetorical appeal:
Oreos are the best snack because they have been voted ‘best cookie’ for 10 years in a row.
Logos
Name the rhetorical appeal:
As a professional cookie tester, I believe that Oreos provide the most satisfying snack.
Ethos
Name the rhetorical appeal:
I love coming home to a snack of creamy oreo cookies. They are happiness in cookie form!
Pathos
Name the rhetorical device
"If you don't turn in your work and pass ELA this semester, I think I will just die!"
Hyperbole
Name the rhetorical device:
"Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow,
Creeps in this petty pace from day to day,
To the last syllable of recorded time;"
-Shakespeare
Repetition