Rhetorical Appeals
Appeal to logic and reason
Logos
Define Mood
How the author wants you to feel while reading
Comparison using like or as
Information, facts, testimonies used to help prove your thesis, argument, or answer a question
Supporting Evidence
Characterization that literally tells you something about a character
Direct
Pathos
The perspective a story is told from
Point of View
Comparison between two unlike things
Metaphor
A type of speech meant to sway an audience's opinion
Persuasive Speech
When the opposite of what you expect occurs
Irony
Appeal to expertise and Credibility
Ethos
Define Tone
The author's attitude toward their writing.
Use of a sound, word or phrase more than once
Repetition
The three of these are used to appeal to specific audiences
Persuasive/Rhetorical Appeals
Author's Perspective
"The criminal had no choice to confess to the crime after the CCTV footage was shown in court."
Logos
Drawing Conclusions based on information in the text
Inference
Define Alliteration
Repetition of the same initial consonant sound.
You introduce this in order to disprove it and strengthen your own argument.
Counter Claim
The authors word choice
Diction
The other name for the rhetorical appeals. Comes from the Greek Philosopher who invented them.
Aristotle's Appeals
How an author develops a character in a text. Any details about a character
Characterization
Repetition of the same initial vowel sound
Assonance
Author's Purpose - When an author is trying to influence an audience's attitudes or actions their purpose might be to?
Persuade
A type of irony. When something said is not meant literally
Verbal Irony