Rhetorical Situation
Rhetorical Devices
Rhetorical Appeals
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Rhetorical Analysis
100
This is who the author intends to read or view their work.
What is the intended audience?
100

“Where now? Who now? When now?”

What is Epistrophe?

100

This is the speaker's "attitude" in their writing.

What is Tone?

100
This is a comparison using "Like" or "As."
What is Simile?
100
"We will not only defend ourselves to the uttermost, but will make it very certain that this form of treachery shall never again endanger us." This quote is an example of an appeal to _______.
What is pathos
200
These are the three purposes which most writers write with.
What is persuade, inform, and express.
200
  • “Be bold. Be brief. Be gone.”

What is anaphora?

200
This is an appeal to the audience's sympathies and emotions.
What is Pathos
200
This is a short descriptive account or story, frequently personal or biographical.
What is Anecdote
200
"It will be recorded that the distance of Hawaii from Japan makes it obvious that the attack was deliberately planned many days or even weeks ago." This is an example of an appeal to _______.
What is logos .
300

This is what is happening outside of the immediate situation that may influence the author's message.

What is the context.

300
  • You look awfully pretty in that coat.

What is oxymoron.

300

Author's who use ethos are appealing to their audience's sense of _______.

What is trust/credibility?

300

This is a question that you don't expect to be answered.

What is a rhetorical question?

300
"There is no blinking at the fact that our people, our territory, and our interests are in grave danger." This is an example of the rhetorical device, _________, and the rhetorical appeal, __________.
What is Parallelism and Pathos
400

The person writing, speaking, directing a piece.

What is speaker.

400

"His smile is like kryptonite to me." (Not simile)

What is allusion?

400
Authors who use Logos typically rely heavily on these two things.
What is facts and statistics (will also take logical reasoning or structure).
400

"I'm so hungry, I could eat a horse!"

What is hyperbole?

400

"I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character. I have a dream today." This is an example of the rhetorical device, _________, and it also appeals to _______.


What is anaphora and pathos?

500

This is the author's motivation.

What is the exigence?

500

He passed away last week.

What is euphemism?

500

Appealing to an author's character.

What is ethos.

500

A statement that minimizes the significance of something.

What is understatement?

500

"My fellow citizens: I stand here today humbled by the task before us, grateful for the trust you have bestowed, mindful of the sacrifices borne by our ancestors." -Barack Obama. This passage is an example of which rhetorical device and which appeals? Explain your answer.

Parallelism; appeals primarily to ethos but also pathos.

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