SOAPSTone
Identifying the author or narrator of the nonfiction text.
Speaker
The repetition of a sound in a sentence
Alliteration
Trust me, I am a doctor!
What is Ethos?
A false fact or a small
crowd
What is an Oxymoron?
Identifying why a text was written and this situations surrounding the writing of the text.
Occasion
Comparison between two things typically for the
purpose of explanation of clarification
Analogy
The appeal to reason relies on logic
What is Logos?
“I came, I saw, I
conquered”.
Parallelism
Identifying adjectives based on language and wording
What is Tone
Different styles of speaking and word choices
What is Diction?
An emotional rhetorical device to make people feel
What is Pathos?
It’s raining cats and dogs!
Idiom
Identifying the call to action or central message of the article.
Purpose
A statement that represents something less than it really is
understatement
This way is better because we will get there faster
Logos
“What am I? Dumb?”
What is a Rhetorical Question