Rhetoric 1
appeal to authority: credibility
ethos
appeals to logic
logos
appeals to the emotions
pathos
repetition of beginning consonant sounds
alliteration
language that appeals to one or more of the five senses
imagery
words that sound like they are spelled
onomatopoeia
an extreme exaggeration
hyperbole
the opposite of what is expected actually happens
irony
a brief reference to someone or something in history
allusion
using two opposite terms side by side
oxymoron
device that compares two unrelated objects
acceptable: analogy, simile, metaphor
the provocation or inspiration for a work
exigence
a literary device that involves using the same word or phrase over and over again in a piece of writing or speech.
repetition
balancing two or more ideas or arguments that are equally important. Hint: in grammar, it means using phrasing that is grammatically similar or identical in structure, sound, meaning, or meter.
parallelism
using two contrasting ideas near each other to draw attention to their differences
juxtaposition
a short story about a real person or event, usually serving to make the listeners laugh or ponder over a topic.
anecdote
a rhetorical device that features repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive sentences, phrases, or clauses
anaphora
a telegraphic sentence contains at maximum how many words?
five
a usually short fictitious story that illustrates a moral attitude or a religious principle
parable
repeated consonant sounds at the beginning of OR in the middle of words
consonance
type of sentence in which the main clause is delayed
periodic sentence
lack of conjunctions
asyndeton
list the 5 elements of the rhetorical situation
purpose, message, audience, context, speaker
occurs when someone argues that a person holds a view that is actually not what the other person believes.
straw man
arguing that someone is incorrect because they are unattractive, immoral, weird, or any other bad thing you could say about them as a person.
ad hominem