Rhetorical Appeals
the art of writing or communicating effectively—communications can be persuasive in nature
what is rhetoric?
difference between appearance and reality
what is irony?
another word for overstatement
what is hyperbole?
the main idea or central message of a text
what is theme?
a genre in which one pokes fun at human weakness with intent to change it
what is satire?
three core rhetorical appeals
what someone is saying is the exact opposite of what they mean
what is verbal irony?
the speaker deliberately downplays the truth of a statement, knowing the listener understands the real truth
what is understatement?
the writer shows no bias
what is objective tone?
brief story of an individual or incident
what is anecdote?
appeal to ethics; persuading the audience through author’s credibility
what is ethos?
"my backpack weighs a ton" is an example of this type of verbal irony
what is an overstatement?
this verbal irony is often directed at a person with an intent to criticize
what is sarcasm?
emotional connection or emotional release
what is catharsis?
the quote—"the swiftest traveler is he that goes afoot" —by henry david thoreau is an example of this
what is paradox?
a commercial where a father imagines a younger version of his daughter driving to demonstrate the safety of a car uses this rhetorical appeal
what is pathos?
a discrepancy between a character's understanding of the full situation and the situation as the audience understands it
ex: the character in a horror movie hides in a closet where the killer is
what is dramatic irony?
the three types of verbal irony
what is overstatement, understatement, and sarcasm?
definition of tone
what is "author’s attitude toward subject"?
the author of funny in farsi
who is firoozeh dumas?
using facts, science, statistics, expert perspective to support a claim
what is logos?
the definition of situational irony
what is "a discrepancy between what is expected to happen and what actually happens"?
the definition of overstatement
what is "exaggerating something to make it sound bigger, better, worse, or more extreme than it really is"?
the definition of parody
what is "an effort to ridicule or make fun of a literary work or an author by writing an imitation of the work or of the author's style"?
sangi's office
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