Rhetorical Devices
A personal story related in a speech
What is an ANECDOTE?
What is CHRONOLOGICAL
Uses visual images
What is PHOTOGRAPHS and ILLUSTRATIONS?
When I don't want the person to know who wrote the letter, I might use a
What is PSEUDONYM?
A literary nonfiction intended to be heard by an audience, rather than read.
What is SPEECH?
What is FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE
"There's too much greenhouse gas in our atmosphere, but scientists are working on trapping and dissolving them into the ocean."
What is PROBLEM AND SOLUTION?
The title or topic at the beginning of a larger section
What is HEADINGS?
If I'm hiking and the trail splits into two, the road has
What is DIVERGED?
An account of your life written by yourself focusing on personal experience and emotional truth
What is MEMOIR?
Grabs the attention of the audience when beginning a speech
What is an Attention Grabber or Hook?
A topic described by listing its features, characteristics, or examples
What is DESCRIPTION?
What is BIBLIOGRAPHY?
What is VERDICT?
A life account of a person written by that person focused on verified facts
What is AUTOBIOGRAPHY?
Vivid examples that appeal to the audience's emotions and imagination
What is PATHOS
"The Omicron variant is waning here on the east coast, but has not reached its peak in the Midwest."
What is COMPARE AND CONTRAST?
An alphabetical list of important subjects in the text that is located at the back of a book
What is INDEX?
When a leader has a firm set of beliefs and will not compromise with people who do not agree
What is DOGMA?
Factual information of events in story form that entertains readers using a hybrid of fiction and nonfiction devices
What is NARRATIVE?
Repetition of the same word or words at the beginning of successive clauses
What is ANAPHORA
"During quarantine with less cars and people on the road, we saw a significant decline in harmful pollutants in the air."
What is CAUSE AND EFFECT?
A list of words and their definitions located toward the end of the book
What is GLOSSARY?
When a good situation quickly turns bad because someone shared a controversial opinion
What is DEVOLVE?
A prose or short writing intended to convey the author's viewpoint on a topic
What is an ESSAY?