SAT VOCAB
RHETORICAL DEVISES
RHETORICAL APPEALS
FIGURE'S OF SPEECH
LITERARY PERIODS
100
treacherous; crafty.
Insidious
100
The following activities can be done at the mall: buying groceries, eating lunch, and paying bills.
Parallel Structure
100
My three decades of experience in public service, my tireless commitment to the people of this community, and my willingness to reach across the aisle and cooperate with the opposition, make me the ideal candidate for your mayor.
Ethos.
100
A day was twenty-four hours long but seemed longer. There was no hurry, for there was nowhere to go, nothing to buy and no money to buy it with, nothing to see outside the boundaries of Maycomb County
Hyperbole.
100
history, religion the new world
colonialism
200
earthly, rather than spiriual
temporal
200
Is the pope Catholic?
Rhetorical Questions
200
Ladies and gentlemen of the jury: we have not only the fingerprints, the lack of an alibi, a clear motive, and an expressed desire to commit the robbery… We also have video of the suspect breaking in. The case could not be more open and shut.
logos
200
The blizzard swallowed the town.
PersonifIcation.
200
emotion n imagination over scientific thought
emotion n imagination over scientific thought romanticism
300
disrespected
slighted
300
A bad penny always turns up
Aphorism
300
There's no price that can be placed on peace of mind. Our advanced security systems will protect the well-being of your family so that you can sleep soundly at night
Pathos.
300
I'm feeling blue.
Metaphor.
300
great documents of american revoluion and independence
revolutionary
400
warlike
martial
400
I was surprised his nose was not growing like Pinocchio's."
Allusion
400
pathos
400
Ah Sunflower, weary of time,
Who countest the steps of the sun;
Seeking after that sweet golden clime
Where the traveler's journey is done;
Symbolism
400
realism
simpler style everyday concerns
500
intervention
interposition
500
He was a real Romeo with the ladies.
allusion
500
ethos.
500
"Your teeth are like stars;
They come out at night.
They come back at dawn
When they're ready to bite."
Simile.
500
self-reliance independence form modern innovation
transcendentalism