Rhetorical Devices#1
An appeal to logic
What is logos?
The percentage of homeowners dropped by almost 10% last year.
What is logos?
Caitlyn Clark wears those sneakers, so they must be good.
What is ethos?
An appeal to emotion
What is pathos?
Time is a thief
What is Metaphor?
He felt like Ponyboy felt in The Outsiders, completely alone.
What is a simile?
The poor child will suffer long without his cellphone in class; this will cause him distress.
What are loaded words.
Justice is blind
What is Personification?
What is: "What is life?"
What is a Rhetorical Question?
You aren’t poor, you are economically disadvantaged.
What is loaded words?
By extending the lunch period, students would have extra time to eat slowly, thus allowing them to fully digetst the food and be more comfortable in class.
Cause and Effect
Do you think money grows on trees?
What is a rhetorical question?
"War is peace." "Freedom is slavery." "Ignorance is strength."
What is metaphor?
We shall fight in France, we shall fight on the seas and oceans, we shall fight with growing confidence and growing strength in the air.
What is repetition?
The evil healthcare workers administer poisonous medicine and try to make life difficult for everyone, and want people to be sick so they can benefit.
What are loaded words?
We shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe.
What is a call to action?
Do you really want your children breathing in air so polluted it feels like swallowing smoke, watching the sky turn a dull gray instead of bright blue
Rhetorical Question
Love is an ideal thing, like good weather at a wedding.
What is a simile?
When describing a soldier:
Freedomfighter vs. terrorist
What are Loaded Words?
An attitude of a writer toward a subject or an audience usually expressed through word choice.
What is tone?
If prices continue to increase, many children would be living on the street.
What is pathos, or cause and effect?
The sky turns a dull gray instead of bright blue, and breathing in air so polluted in some places in the world.
What is imagery?