Rhetorical Appeals
Using facts, figures, and statistics to persuade people
What is logos?
Often contained in one sentence, this provides the author's claim + reasons.
What is a thesis?
A comparison between two things using like or as
What is a simile?
This point of view uses first person pronouns
What is first person?
What is iambic pentameter?
Ethos, Pathos, and Logos
What are rhetorical appeals?
This part of an argument usually comes right before the conclusion and offers a contrasting opinion
What is the counterclaim?
A comparison between two things not using like or as
What is a metaphor?
The narrator is not a character in the story and only has access to the thoughts and feelings of one character
What is third person limited?
The author of Night
Who is Elie Wiesel?
Examples of this appeal could be images of shivering puppies or crying children
What is pathos?
This shows up first in the introduction and is used to grab the audience's attention
What is a hook?
The repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of sentences or clauses
What is anaphora?
The narrator is not a character in the story but has access to the thoughts and feelings of all of the characters
What is third person omniscient?
This is the academic term for the main idea of a text
What is central idea?
Sports stars used as spokespeople are an example of this type of rhetorical appeal
What is ethos?
This test allows the author to determine whether the evidence is relevant and useful
What is the CRAAP test?
Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers is an example of this type of figurative language
What is alliteration?
The narrator is not a character in the story but does not have access to any thoughts and feelings of any characters
What is third person objective?
When you ask this question, you are basically asking about the overall meaning of a text
What is the theme?
Orators often use figurative language to emphasize their use of this particular rhetorical appeal.
What is pathos?
These are what the letters in the CRAAP test stand for
What are currency, relevance, authority, accuracy, and purpose?
When the audience knows something that the characters on stage don't know
What is dramatic irony?
This particular point of view is not often used in fiction but is prevalent in instructional texts or how-to texts
What is second person?
This is what happens in a story
What is plot?