rhetorical devices
a direct comparison between two unlike things
What is a metaphor?
The A in SPACECAT
What is audience?
A sentence that is defensible and responds to the prompt
What is a defensible thesis statement?
Studies have shown that the hormone that creates drowsiness in the teenage brain only comes into effect around 11 p.m., several hours later than in prepubescent children or adults who have reached maturity.
What is logos?
What is pathos?
Identify the rhetorical device used in this sentence: "The wind whispered through the trees."
What is personification?
The component of SPACECAT that sets the scene and provides background info to the audience.
What is context?
What is the scoring breakdown of the essay?
What does 1-4-1 represent on the essay Rubric?
They have served a tour of duty in distant, different and difficult places.
What is alliteration?
This rhetorical appeal is used when credibility is established.
What is ethos?
The rhetorical device that is used when a speaker includes a brief story about an experience they had.
What is anecdote?
The reason we use the SPACECATS acronym
What is annotating for the rhetorical choices a speaker makes to communicate their purpose?
What is a line of reasoning?
All the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely players.
What is metaphor?
This rhetorical appeal uses facts and statistics.
What is logos?
The rhetorical device that is used when the speaker wants to show that an object or idea represents something else.
What is symbolism?
The reason someone might write an article about the importance of voting during an election year
What is exigence?
A writing piece where you analyze the rhetorical choices a speaker makes in order to effectively communicate their purpose or convince their audience.
What is a rhetorical analysis essay?
We will not be satisfied until justice rolls down like waters, and righteousness like a mighty stream.
What is simile?
This appeal is used in animal adoption videos with sad music.
What is pathos?
The rhetorical device that is used when making a reference to history, pop culture, politics, etc.
Identify each letter's meaning in SPACECAT
speaker, purpose, audience, context, exigence, rhetorical choices, rhetorical appeals, tone
explaining the significance of relevance of the writer's rhetorical choices given the rhetorical situation and explaining the purpose or function of the passage's complexities or tensions
What is the sophistication point?
"That's one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind"
What is metaphor?
This appeal may use a celebrity.
What is ethos?