Name the device
"My teacher planted seeds of wisdom."
Metaphor
3 Rhetorical Appeals
Ethos, Pathos, Logos
responds to the prompt, defensible, identifies author's rhetorical choices
thesis
A question posed for effect, not requiring an answer
"We could turn our backs now and risk renewed war. Instead, we are renewing our commitment, and insisting that the parties meet theirs, to implement the Dayton Accords." -Madeline Albright
Juxtaposition/Logos
" Is it that insidious smile with which our petition has been lately received? Trust it not, sir; it will prove a snare to your feet. Suffer not yourselves to be betrayed with a kiss."
Allusion
Writer's attitude toward a subject
Tone
-Includes at least 5 elements of the rhetorical situation
-Includes a thesis
-Is approximately 3-5 sentences
-References broader context about the content of the piece
-Incorporates style
Great intro paragraph
several parts of a sentence or several sentences expressed in similar grammatical form to show that the ideas are equal in importance. Can add balance, rhythm and emphasis to ideas.
Parallelism
Name the device, appeal (Bonus: name the fallacy)
"If we resort to violence then one of two things will happen: either the violence will be escalated and there will be many injuries and perhaps deaths on both sides, or there will be total demoralization of the workers.
Nonviolence has exactly the opposite effect. If, for every violent act committed against us, we respond with nonviolence, we attract people’s support."
juxtaposition, logos, false dichotomy
"Today I consider myself the luckiest man on the face of the earth." -Lou Gehrig
Hyperbole
Decision to use pronouns like "I," my" versus "you" or "one"
Point of View
1. State your example
2. Explain your example
3. Analyze for writer
4. Analyze for audience
5. Explain why the example is persuasive
Strong Commentary
Repetition and the end of a line.
Epistrophe
"In Burundi, I have seen women taking the lead in efforts to avoid the fate of neighboring Rwanda, where violence left three-quarters of the population female, and one-half of the women widows.
In Guatemala, I have talked to women striving to ensure that their new peace endures and is accompanied by justice and an end to discrimination and abuse.
And in Burma, I have met with a remarkable woman named Aung San Suu Kyi, who risks her life every day to keep alive the hope for democracy in her country." -Madeline Albright
Personal anecdotes/Ethos
"When the New York Giants, a team you would give your right arm to beat, and vice versa, sends you a gift - that's something.
When everybody down to the groundskeepers and those boys in white coats remember you with trophies - that's something.
When you have a wonderful mother-in-law who takes sides with you in squabbles with her own daughter - that's something.
When you have a father and a mother who work all their lives so you can have an education and build your body - it's a blessing.
When you have a wife who has been a tower of strength and shown more courage than you dreamed existed - that's the finest I know."
Anaphora
To analyze for this, you must examine:
Diction, syntax, imagery, details
Tone
Before doing this...you must:
-Examine the topic sentence and identify all claims made
Selecting Evidence
Sentence structure
syntax
"Tonight while we sleep, several thousand little girls will be working in textile mills, all the night through, in the deafening noise of the spindles and the looms spinning and weaving cotton and wool, silks and ribbons for us to buy." -Florence Kelley
Imagery, pathos
"Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe, in order to assure the survival and the success of liberty." -JFK Inaugural Address
Parallelism
Which is not a rhetorical strategy?
-Organization of ideas
-Use of appeals
-Structural decisions of the piece
-Including anecdotes
Including anecdotes
Name the recipe for the 6 points of the AP rubric
1 pt-thesis
4 pts-evidence/commentary
1 pt-sophistication
putting two contrasting elements together that are so unlike that the effect is surprising, witty, or even startling.
juxtaposition
Name at least two devices and the tone.
"There is no doubt, if you aim high enough, that you will be confronted by those who say that your efforts to change the world or improve the lot of those around you do not mean much in the grand scheme of things. But no matter how impotent you may sometimes feel, have courage still--and persevere.
It is certain, if you aim high enough, that you will find your strongest beliefs ridiculed and challenged; principles that you cherish may be derisively dismissed by those claiming to be more practical or realistic than you. But no matter how weary you may become in persuading others to see the value in what you value, have courage still--and persevere.
Inevitably, if you aim high enough, you will be buffeted by demands of family, friends and employment that will conspire to distract you from your course. But no matter how difficult it may be to meet the commitments you have made, have courage still--and persevere."
Parallel structure, juxtaposition, epistrophe, encouraging/inspiring/uplifting tone