Rhetorical Appeals
ASPCA commercials that use photographs of injured puppies, or sad-looking kittens, and slow, depressing music to emotionally persuade their audience to donate money
Pathos
We bought cheap jewelry from the store.
We bought inexpensive jewelry from the store.
Connotations (negative and positive)
"The wind whispered secrets"
Personification
What the reader feels?
mood
Don't leave any questions _____________!
blank
A cell phone company highlighting the phone's features like battery life and screen size.
Logos
Thrifty and cheap both mean low in price/not costly.
"Her smile was as bright as the sun"
The author's attitude towards the writing.
Tone
If you come across a challenging question, _______ it and go back to it at the end.
skip
A politician mentioning their experience and qualifications to demonstrate their suitability for a role.
Ethos
Refers to the literal or dictionary definition of a word.
Ex. A chicken is a bird.
Denotation
"I'm so tired I could sleep for a year."
Hyperbole
Think....how are they talking? Word choice (diction), what's the vibe?
Tone
The process of _________________ helps you get rid of the questions you know are not correct.
elimination
A politician mentioning their experience and qualifications to demonstrate their suitability for a role.
Logos
The implied or associated meaning of a word; often used to evoke feeling.
ex. You're such a chicken!!
Connotation
The tall trees were curtains that surrounded us during our picnic.
Metaphor
What is the mood in the following passage?
The girls were playing in the pond, splashing each other and trying to catch fish with their hands. They were having fun, but kept looking over their shoulders at the looming forest. The long grass of the field kept moving and they sort of felt like they were being watched. About a half hour passed and the girls kept checking the filed for movements. It seemed like a pair of dark eyes were on them. They even considered going back inside, but that would mean homework time. So they continued splashing, but with caution now. Their eyes hardly left the field.
Mood - anxious, suspense, curious
Get a good night's _______ before the test to ensure optimal memory recall and eat a high ________ breakfast to avoid dragging.
sleep / protein
But one hundred years later, the negro still is not free. One hundred years later, the life of the negro is still sadly crippled by the manacles of segregation and the chains of discrimination. One hundred years later, the negro lives on a lonely island of poverty in the midst of a vast ocean of material prosperity. One hundred years later, the negro is still languished in the corners of American society and finds himself an exile in his own land. And so we've come here today to dramatize a shameful condition.
“I have a dream,” Martin Luther King Jr
Pathos
Red roses are a symbol of love and desire.
Connotation
You stole the forbidden fruit when you took his candy.
allusion
What is the tone in the following passage?
The girls were playing in the pond, splashing each other and trying to catch fish with their hands. They were having fun, but kept looking over their shoulders at the looming forest. The long grass of the field kept moving and they sort of felt like they were being watched. About a half hour passed and the girls kept checking the filed for movements. It seemed like a pair of dark eyes were on them. They even considered going back inside, but that would mean homework time. So they continued splashing, but with caution now. Their eyes hardly left the field.
Possible answer - Ominious
What word choice led you to your answer?
Use ________ paper to jot down ideas, calculations, or notes to help you answer questions.
Scratch