That Appeals to Me
This rhetorical appeal relies on facts, statistics, and logical reasoning to convince the audience.
What is Logos?
________ language is used to create imagery and express things non-literally.
What is figurative?
This rhetorical device compares two unlike things using "like" or "as."
What is a simile?
Using the same words, phrases, or structures over and over for emphasis
What is Repetition?
A comparison that does not use like or as
What is metaphor?
"If we don't act now it'll be future generations- your children's generation- that will suffer"
An example of this rhetorical appeal.
What is Pathos?
The two categories for Rhetorical Devices
What is figurative language and compositional techniques?
"The wind whispered through the trees" is an example of this figurative language
What is personification?
This is the sequential repetition of a similar initial sound, usually applied to sonsonants, usually in closely proximate stressed syllables. "She sells sea shells by the sea shore."
What is alliteration?
Use of a word or phrase that is less direct, but also less distasteful or offensive, than another.
What is euphemism?
If a commercial features a famous doctor endorsing a new medicine, it is using this rhetorical appeal.
What is Ethos?
The parts of the Rhetorical Situation that the author controls
What is purpose, argument, persona, and audience (PAPA)?
The phrase "Ask not what your country can do for you – ask what you can do for your country" is an example of this rhetorical technique that reverses the structure of a sentence for impact.
What is chiasmus?
The repetition of consonant sounds within a word, “He struck a streak of bad luck in the park.”
What is consonance?
A literary, historical, religious, or mythological reference.
What is allusion?
"The player needs to benched. He's 0-15 his last 4 games."
This statement uses this rhetorical appeal.
What is Logos?
The parts of the Rhetorical Situation the author does NOT control
What are context and exigence?
This rhetorical strategy repeats a grammatical structure to create rhythm and/or emphasize ideas, as seen in "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times"
What is parallelism?
Purposefully not using conjunctions, as in, "We will storm the beaches, we will storm the cities, we will storm the country"
What is asyndeton?
"I'm so hungry I could eat a horse!!" is an example of a purposeful overstatement
What is hyperbole?
"Choosy Moms Choose Jif"
An example of this rhetorical appeal.
What is Ethos?
The definition of rhetoric
What is the art of effective or persuasive speaking or writing, especially that which uses figurative language or compositional techniques?
This stylistic technique repeats the same word or phrase at the beginning of multiple sentences or clauses, like in Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech.
What is anaphora?
Purposefully using too many conjunctions, as in, "I wanted money and power and glory."
What is polysyndeton?
Purposefully representing something as much less than it really is
What is a understatement?