persuasive appeals
Rhetorical Devices
Rhetorical devices
100
I admit immediately that I was one of the persons who helped to form Umkhonto we Sizwe, and that I played a prominent role in its affairs until I was arrested in August 1962.
What is an example of Ethos?
100
I have dedicated myself to this struggle of the African people. I have fought against white domination, and I have fought against black domination.
What is an example of an Anaphora?
100
The ideal of a democratic and free society in which all persons live together in harmony and with equal opportunities. It is an ideal which I hope to live for and to achieve. But if needs be, it is an ideal for which I am prepared to die.
What is an example of repetition?
200
Forty per cent of the Africans live in hopelessly overcrowded and, in some cases, drought-stricken reserves.
What is an example of Logos?
200
Yet most Africans, even in this group, are impoverished by low incomes and high cost of living.
What is an example of an antithesis?
200
This leads to a breakdown in moral standards, to an alarming rise in illegitimacy.
What is an example of antithesis?
300
Tuberculosis kills forty people a day (almost all Africans), and in 1961 there were 58,491 new cases reported.
What is an example of Logos?
300
As I understand the state case, and in particular the evidence of 'Mr X,'the suggestion is that Umkhonto was the inspiration of the Communist party .
What is an example of an allusion?
400
I hold a bachelors degree in art.
What is an example of Ethos?
400
Our fight is against real, and not imaginary,hardships.
What is an example of litotes?
500
Violence is carried out of the townships in to the white living areas. People are afraid to walk alone in the streets after dark.
What is an example of pathos?
500
I have denied that I am a communist, and I think that in the circumstances I am obliged to state...
What is an example of a tricolon?
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