Rhetoric Terms: Definitions Part 1
________ is the art of persuasive speaking.
Rhetoric
______________ is the repeating of important words or phrases.
REPETITION
Are you crazy?
Is an example of:
RHETORICAL QUESTION
The _______________ of a speech is who the speaker is addressing.
Audience
"Ain't I a woman?" Is an example of which rhetorical device?
Rhetorical Question
An appeal used to persuade- seen in the form of facts, statistics, or evidence.
LOGOS
___________ is the word choice selected by the author.
DICTION
"War is Peace"
Is an example of:
PARADOX
The __________________ of a speech is the time, place, or historical context.
Occasion
Taylor Swift says, "We are all a patchwork quilt of those who have loved us" (Swift 3). What rhetorical device is being used?
METAPHOR
An appeal that uses credibility to convince or persuade the audience.
ETHOS
_____________ is repetition of words or phrases at the start of SUCCESSIVE sentences.
ANAPHORA
________________ is a concise, general truth about life.
APHORISM
The __________ of the speech is the speaker's attitude towards what they are talking about.
TONE
In Elie Wiesel's, "The Perils of Indifference," he states, "Mr. President, Mrs. Clinton, members of congress, Ambassador Holbrooke, Excellencies, friends" (Wiesel 1). What rhetorical device is being used?
PARALLELISM
An appeal that plays on the feelings or emotions of the audience/reader.
PATHOS
"She has a heart of gold" is an example of:
METAPHOR
White device is being used here: "I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up... I have a dream that one day out in the red hills of Georgia...I have a dream that one day even the state of Mississippi...I have a dream that my four little children..I have a dream today."
Anaphora
The __________________ is the reason why the speaker is talking to the audience.
PURPOSE
In LeBron James' "Letter to Cleveland," he states, "It's where I walked. It's where I ran. It's where I cried. It's where I bled" (James 1). What rhetorical device is being used?
ANAPHORA
______________ is using the same pattern of words to show that two or more things can have the same level of importance.
______________ is sentence structure.
SYNTAX
An authors' diction can be seen in two forms, either___________ or ______________.
Formal/Informal
The __________________ is the topic of the speech.
SUBJECT
In Chadwick Boseman's commencement address at HU, he states, "God states in Jeremiah, 'I know the plans I have for you" (Boseman 21). He makes an indirect reference to the Bible. What is that rhetorical device called?
ALLUSION