Rhetorical Devices
Sounds, words or phrases used two or more times in close proximity
Repetition
A strategy in which the writer points out the differences and similarities between two things
Compare/Contrast
The arrangement of words in a sentence
Syntax
Popular advertising slogan created to promote cow's milk in California
Got Milk?
The three basic forms of appeal (from the Greeks)
Ethos; logos; pathos
Brief or indirect reference to a work of literature presumed to be familiar to the audience
Allusion
The telling of a story with beginning, middle, and end
Narrative
The two main parts of a sentence
Subject and Predicate
Baseball player profiled by Gay Talese in Esquire magazine in 1966
Joe DiMaggio
True or false: you can still get a thesis point if you fail to provide convincing evidence for your thesis
True
A word or phrase that is less direct but also less offensive
Euphemism
An author's implied attitude toward a subject
Tone
Direct object
Author of "The Golden State Killer"
Michelle McNamara
The minimum number of paragraphs you should write for each essay on the exam
Four
This type of syntax involves omitting grammatical/function words
Telegraphic
Deliberately, directly attacking an opponent's argument
Refutation
The three elements of a rhetorical triangle
Speaker; Audience; Purpose
Author of "The Fight," an account of the "Rumble in the Jungle"
Norman Mailer
Consider adding this three word clause to the end of a thesis or claim if the sentence feels undeveloped
"in order to"
The four types of sentences in the English language
Declarative; Imperative; Interrogative; Exclamatory
A type of speech in which the speaker honors the memory of someone recently deceased
Eulogy
The eight parts of speech (something you learned in the sixth grade)
French author who compares schools to prisons
Michel Foucault
Explain the difference between evidence and commentary
Evidence exemplifies; commentary explains