Rhetorical Appeals
To utilize emotional impact
A short account of an interesting or humorous incident, intended to illustrate or support a point.
What is an anecdote?
Failure to provide evidence showing that one event will lead to a chain of events
What is a slippery slope?
Claims involving opinions, attitudes, and subjective evaluation
What is a claim of value?
The voice and attitude the writer has chosen to project.
What is tone?s
When an author reminds the audience of ___ experiences
What is pathos?
When the same expression is repeated at the beginning of 2 or more consecutive lines.
What is anaphora?
Something used to distract the audience's attention from the real issue or argument
What is a red herring?
Claims advocating courses of action that should or should not be undertaken
What is a claim of policy?
Words characteristic to familiar conversation or everyday speech. Ex: "That's malarkey." "Folks..."
What is a colloquialism?
When a writer inspires trust
What is ethos?
A concise or tersely phrased statement in principle, truth, or opinion. Often found in fields like law, politics, and art. Ex: "A penny saved is a penny earned."
Introducing irrelevant evidence to support a claim
What is a non sequitur?
Claims exploring what something means or what something is made up of
What is a claim of definition?
A narrative in which character, action, and setting represent abstract concepts apart from the literal meaning of a story. The underlying meaning usually has a moral, social, religious, or political significance
What is an allegory?
In his statement, Jelly Roll explains, "190 people on average die a day from a fentanyl overdose."
What is logos?
A brief reference to a person, event, or place - real or fictitious - or to a work of art.
What is an allusion?
misrepresenting opponent's position to make it easier to attack (taking things out of context)
What is a straw man?
The evidence offered in support of a claim
What are grounds?
When part is used for a whole or the whole for a part. Ex: "Nice wheels" to compliment a car
What is synecdoche?
McConaughey observed, "[As] divided as our country is, this gun responsibility issue is one that we agree on more than we don't. It really is. But this should be a nonpartisan issue. ... So we're asking you and I'm asking you, will you please ask yourselves: Can both sides rise above?"
What is ethos?
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What is pathos?
The substitution of a term naming an object closely associated with the word in mind for the word itself
What is metonymy?
Attacking a person's motives or character instead of his argument or claims
What is Ad Hominem?
A statement that indicates the force of the argument
What is a qualifier?
Substitutions of an inoffensive, indirect, or agreeable expression for a word or phrase perceived as socially unacceptable or harsh.
What is a euphemism?