Persuasive Appeals
Figurative Language
Definitions
Other Devices
MLK Jr.
100
The two persuasive appeals
What are logos and pathos
100
a quick comparison using like or as.
What is a SIMILE
100
Rhetorical Question
What is a question to make a point, not to get an answer.
100
"1963 is not an end but a beginning."
What is antithesis?
100
King's birthday
Whatis January 15?
200
Uses facts, quotations, and statistics.
What is LOGOS
200
attribution of human qualities to inanimate things.
What is PERSONIFICATION
200
Allusion
What is a reference to a famou person, place, or event.
200
"and the glory of the Lord shall be revealed and all flesh shall see it."
What is an allusion?
200
Prize awarded to King in 1964.
What is the Nobel Peace Prize?
300
Includes emotionally loaded language.
What is PATHOS
300
A comparison that provides a picture to help understand an idea.
What is METAPHOR
300
Anecdote
What is a short story to make a general idea seem interesting.
300
I have a dream that my four little children wil lone day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the Color of their skin but by the Content of their Character (pay attention to the capitals!).
What is ALLITERATION
300
The reason for King's natural cadence and rhythm in his "I have a dream" speech?
What is he was a preacher practiced in public speaking?
400
"It would be fatal for the nation to overlook the urgency of the moment. This sweltering summer of the Negro's legitimate discontent will not pass until there is an invigorating autumn of freedom and equality."
What is pathos?
400
A comparison that goes on for multiple lines or paragraphs
What is extended metaphor?
400
Call to Action
What are words that urge the audience to take a specific action
400
"But we refuse to believe that the bank of justice is bankrupt. We refuse to believe that there are insufficient funds in the great vaults of opportunity in this nation."
What is extended metaphor?
400
Where King's speech was delivered.
What is Washington D.C.?
500
King uses this rhetorical device to create logos.
Allusions to Lincoln, Declaration of Independence, Bible...
500
A group of words that exaggerate the literal meanings of the words; create images for readers/listeners
What is figurative language?
500
Antithesis
What is contrasting an idea and its opposite.
500
Now is the time to make real the promises of democracy. Now is the time to rise from the dark and desolate valley of segregation to the sunlit path of racial justice. Now is the time to lift our nation from the quicksands of racial injustice to the solid rock of brotherhood. Now is the time to make justice a reality for all of God’s children. Martin Luther King. Jr, I Have a Dream
What is PARALLEL STRUCTURE
500
The year of King's assasination.
What is 1968?
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