Rhetorical Devices
The writer's voice or attitude towards a specific topic.
What is tone?
Faulty reasoning that cannot be backed up by substantial evidence.
What is Logical Fallacy?
She is as pretty as a flower.
What is simile?
What is ethos?
"Technology not only changes what we do, but who we are."
What is Turkle's claim?
When the author's language allows you to paint a picture in your head.
What is imagery?
Fallacy: "Anyone who harms an animal is worse than Hitler."
What is Moral Equivalence?
The story jumped off the page.
What is personification?
to + juicy verb + context + setting.
What is a purpose statement?
What is diction?
Fallacy: "I asked two people if they like ice cream and they both said yes. If 100% of the people I asked like ice cream, then I can assume that all people like ice cream."
What is Hasty Generalization?
I've been waiting for you to be ready for hours!
What is hyperbole?
One glass of Florida orange juice contains 75% of your daily Vitamin C needs.
What is logos?
The British exploitation, oppression, and colonization.
What was Gandhi protesting?
The key question to ask to try to analyze an author's purpose.
What is "Why did the author put pen to paper?
Fallacy: "You're either a cat person or a dog person."
What is Either/Or?
Watching my friend trip was awfully good.
What is oxymoron?
When I was hanging out with my friend, we got a message in real time from her boyfriend. That is why technology is overrated.
What is anecdotal evidence?
A punctuation mark that joins two independent clauses with or without a coordinating conjunction.
What is semicolon?
This sentence is an example of this device: "Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country."
What is parallelism?
What is Ad Populum?
What is alliteration?
Every human has the right to speak freely and openly about their religion, politics, and politics without fearing persecution from the government.
What is logos?
Fallacy: "I know that I am late to school, but I did well on my last test."
What is Red Herring?