Rhetoric 1
Logos
An attempt to persuade using the author's or speaker's authority or credibility
Ethos
An attempt to persuade by creating an emotional response
Pathos
These are used in writing an speaking in order to persuade the reader or the listener of a specific point.
Rhetorical Devices
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Hanging indent
When someone says something that is the opposite of what they mean
Verbal Irony
Presenting something as less important than it is
Understatement
A difference between what you expect to happen and what actually happens
Situational Irony
Using multiple conjunctions where not needed
Polysyndeton
Using the same words more than once
Repetition
Repetition at the end of successive clauses
Epistrophe
Repetition at the beginning of successive clauses
Anaphora
Comparing two unlike things without using the words "like" or "as"
Metaphor
Comparing two unlike things by using the words "like" or "as"
Simile
An exaggeration
Hyperbole
A word that sounds like what it names
Onomatopeia
A mild or indirect way to state something unpleasant or embarrassing
Euphemism
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Works Cited
In a speech or written work, a reference to something (person, event, idea) without mentioning the reference
Allusion
Using two different ideas together in order to show contrast
Juxtaposition
Name the rhetorical appeal:
As a professional cookie tester, I believe that Oreos provide the most satisfying snack.
Ethos
Name the rhetorical appeal:
Oreos are the best snack because they have been voted ‘best cookie’ for 10 years in a row.
Logos
Name the rhetorical appeal:
I love coming home to a snack of creamy oreo cookies. They are happiness in cookie form!
Pathos
Name the rhetorical device:
"Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow,
Creeps in this petty pace from day to day,
To the last syllable of recorded time;"
-Shakespeare
Repetition
Name the rhetorical device
"If you don't turn in your work and pass ELA this semester, I think I will just die!"
Hyperbole