PERSUASIVE DEVICES
RHETORIC
THE ESSAY
PERSUASIVE TERMS
100

NOT EXACTLY A DEVICE BUT OFTEN TIMES CONFUSED WITH IRONY. A remarkable concurrence of events or circumstances without apparent causal connection. 

COINCIDENCE 

100

THE USE OF RHETORICAL QUESTIONS, CAN BE SAID TO BEST APPEAL TO? 

EMOTIONS (PATHOS)

100

THE LAST LINE OF YOUR INTRODUCTORY PARAGRAPH 

THESIS STATEMENT 

100

THE TERM FOR HAVING A GOOD OPENING LINE/ SENTENCE

HOOK/ ATTENTION GRABBER


200

I bet the butcher the other day that he couldn't reach the meat that was on the top shelf. He refused to take the bet, saying that the 'steaks' were too high. THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF? 

A PUN 

200

OFTEN USED IN COMMERCIALS AND JINGLES FOR EMPHASIS. IT ENSURES THAT THE AUDIENCE OR LISTENER WILL NEVER FORGET THE CONCEPT/PRODUCE OR EVENT. The words or phrases a few times to make an idea clearer and more memorable 

REPETITION 

200

THIS PERSUASIVE TECHNIQUE IS ALWAYS USED TO APPEAL TO LOGOS. IT IS ALSO A MEANS OF DEVELOPING YOUR BODY PARAGRAPHS BY SHOWING THAT YOU HAVE GATHERED ENOUGH EVIDENCE THROUGH RESEARCH.

STATISTICS 

200

ANOTHER WORD FOR THE REASONS GIVEN TO SUPPORT YOUR CLAIM 

PREMISE 

300

The formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named. SPELL IT  

ONOMATOPOEIA

300

A CHURCH ADVERTISES, TRY OUR SUNDAYS, THEY'RE BETTER THAN DEVON HOUSE'S. WHICH APPEAL IS THIS PUN EFFECTIVE IN TRYING TO FACILITATE. 

PATHOS

300

Phrases that help ideas flow from one paragraph to another.

TRANSITIONS

300

USED A LOT IN PERSUASION AND MARKETING CAMPAIGNS. IT MEANS TO cause (someone or something) to respond to certain stimuli; make sensitive OR AWARE OF AN ISSUE. 

SENSITIZE

400

The contrast between what a character in a movie, play, or novel thinks or says and what the audience knows to be true. THIS IS A FORM OF?

IRONY (DRAMATIC IRONY)

400

THE NAME OF THE INDIVIDUAL WHO COINED THE THREE TERMS ASSOCIATED WITH RHETORIC APPEALS.

ARISTOTLE 

400

A KEY PART OF A LECTURER'S RUBRIC, WHICH EXAMINES IF THE Writing is arranged in an order that makes sense to the reader. 

ORGANIZATION 

400

WHEN WRITING OR EXPLAINING THE PURPOSE OF YOUR ESSAY, THIS PART OF SPEECH MUST BE PRESENT. 

A VERB 

500

The use of humour, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose and criticize people's stupidity or vices, particularly in the context of contemporary politics and other topical issues.

SATIRE 

500

I do not believe you. Even Pastor Brown told me that you are guilty. That man would never lie. This is an example of which rhetoric appeal?

ETHOS

500

THE NAME GIVEN TO THE SEGMENT IN THE ESSAY, WHERE BY THE WRITER ACKNOWLEDGES THE VIEWPOINT WHICH OPPOSES HIS?

REBUTTAL/REFUTATION

500

A SIX LETTER WORD WHICH MEANS THE SAME AS TO CONVINCE OR TO SWEET TALK 

CAJOLE 

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