Movie Quotes
Name one rhetorical technique: "We don't read and write poetry because it's cute. We Read and write poetry because we are members of the human race."
Nombra una técnica retórica: 'No leemos ni escribimos poesía porque sea linda. Leemos y escribimos poesía porque somos miembros de la raza humana.'
Potential Answers: Antithesis (The use of repetition to create contrast), Negative-Positive Restatement (Repeating a similar statement twice, first negatively, then with a positive twist.), or Anaphora (the repetition of words at the beginning of sentences)
Name one rhetorical technique: "There is not a liberal America and a conservative America. There is the United States of America."
Nombra una técnica retórica: 'No hay una América liberal y una América conservadora. Hay Estados Unidos de América.'
Antithesis - The use of repetition to show contrast.
Name one rhetorical technique: "And now the fear back again, the fear of the unknown, the fear of the great city where boys were killed crossing the street... Deep down the fear of a man who lives in a world not made for him..."
Nombra una técnica retórica: 'Y ahora el miedo de vuelta, el miedo a lo desconocido, el miedo a la gran ciudad donde los chicos fueron asesinados al cruzar la calle... Profundamente, el miedo de un hombre que vive en un mundo que no está hecho para él...'
Anaphora - The repetition of a word/phrase at the beginning of sentences/clauses
Name one rhetorical technique: "She is electricity running through my soul" (Georgia by Vance Joy)
Nombra una técnica retórica: 'Ella es electricidad corriendo por mi alma' (Georgia de Vance Joy).
Metaphor - Comparison without using like or as
Name one rhetorical technique: "What kind of monster doesn't like Takis?"
Nombra una técnica retórica: '¿Qué tipo de monstruo no le gusta Takis?'
Epiplexis - Asking a rhetorical question as a way to criticize someone.
Name one rhetorical technique: "it ain’t about how hard you hit, it’s about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward." (Rocky)
Nombra una técnica retórica: 'No se trata de cuán fuerte golpeas, se trata de cuán fuerte puedes ser golpeado y seguir avanzando.' (Rocky)
Negative-Positive Restatement: Repeating a similar statement twice, first negatively, then with a positive twist.
Name one rhetorical technique: But why, some say, the moon? Why choose this as our goal?... We choose to go to the moon in this because and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard.
Nombra una técnica retórica: 'Pero, ¿por qué, algunos dicen, la luna? ¿Por qué elegir esto como nuestro objetivo?... Elegimos ir a la luna en esto y hacer las otras cosas, no porque sean fáciles, sino porque son difíciles.'
Hypophora: Asking a question to immediately answer it
Name one rhetorical technique: "Which do we prefer, a law-abiding, industrious and purposeful native people, or a lawless, idle and purposeless people? The truth is that we do not know, for we fear them both."
Mencione una técnica retórica: "¿A quién preferimos, a un pueblo nativo respetuoso de la ley, trabajador y decidido, o a un pueblo sin ley, ocioso y sin propósito? La verdad es que no lo sabemos, porque les tememos a ambos".
Hypophora - asking a question to immediately answer it
"It's an endless cycle to nowhere, that no one's gonna survive.
Living so oppressed, so lost, so lonely. Fear state of mind... Incarcerate one third of your people,
And half of them will never get out.
A dozen oil wars since 1990. World full of doubt."
No Peace by The Virus
"Es un ciclo interminable hacia ninguna parte, en el que nadie va a sobrevivir. Vivir tan oprimido, tan perdido, tan solo. Estado mental de miedo... Encarcela a un tercio de tu gente, Y la mitad de ellos nunca saldrán. Una docena de guerras petroleras desde 1990. El mundo lleno de dudas."
Repetition/Anaphora, Fact/Stats
"I experienced this first hand when I was 17. I was driving down the road and, suddenly, I wasn't on the road anymore. I spun through the barrier before a tree finally brought my car to a halt. It was in this moment that I realized..."
This is an example of which rhetorical technique?
"Lo experimenté de primera mano cuando tenía 17 años. Estaba conduciendo por la carretera y, de repente, ya no estaba en la carretera. Pasé la barrera antes de que un árbol finalmente detuviera mi coche. Fue en este momento en que me di cuenta..."
¿Este es un ejemplo de qué técnica retórica?
Anecdote - Telling a story to make some sort of point
Name two rhetorical techniques: "Five years ago we lost, all of us. We lost friends. We lost family. We lost part of ourselves. Today we have a chance to take it all back...One round trip each. No mistakes. No do-overs. Most of us are going somewhere we know. That doesn't mean we should know what to expect...This is the fight of our lives, and we're gonna win, whatever it takes.
Nombra dos técnicas retóricas: "Hace cinco años perdimos a todos. Perdimos amigos. Perdimos familia. Perdimos parte de nosotros mismos. Hoy tenemos la oportunidad de recuperarlo todo... Un viaje de ida y vuelta para cada uno. Sin errores". . No hay vuelta atrás. La mayoría de nosotros vamos a un lugar que conocemos. Eso no significa que debamos saber qué esperar... Esta es la pelea de nuestras vidas y vamos a ganar, cueste lo que cueste."
Repetition/Anaphora "We lost..." "No.."
Antithesis: "Most of us are going somewhere we know. That doesn't mean we should know what to expect."
When Mitt Romney claims that his experience and expertise in managing big business will make him the better president, one who will be able to get America back on track, he is using what type of an appeal?
Cuando Mitt Romney afirma que su experiencia y conocimientos en la gestión de grandes empresas le convertirán en el mejor presidente, uno que podrá volver a encarrilar a Estados Unidos, ¿qué tipo de llamamiento está utilizando?
Ethos - He makes himself appear credible by citing his experience
Name two rhetorical devices: "Stand unshod upon it, for the ground is holy... keep it, guard it, care for it, for it keeps men, guards men, cares for men... destroy it and man is destroyed... Stand shod upon it, for it is coarse and sharp, and the stones cut under the feet. It is not kept, or guarded, or cared for, it no longer keeps men, guards men, cares for men."
Nombra dos recursos retóricos: "Permanece descalzo sobre ella, porque la tierra es santa... guárdala, guárdala, cuídala, porque ella guarda a los hombres, guarda a los hombres, cuida de los hombres... destrúyela y el hombre será destruido. .. Párate calzado sobre él, porque es áspero y afilado, y las piedras cortadas bajo los pies No se guarda, ni se guarda, ni se cuida, ya no guarda a los hombres, ni cuida a los hombres.
Juxtaposition, repetition/epistrophe
Name two rhetorical devices being used here:
"How many roads must a man walk down
Before you call him a man?
How many seas must a white dove sail
Before she sleeps in the sand?
Yes, and how many times must the cannonballs fly
Before they're forever banned?
The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind
The answer is blowin' in the wind"
"¿Cuántos caminos debe recorrer un hombre?¿Antes de que lo llames hombre?¿Cuántos mares debe navegar una paloma blanca?¿Antes de que duerma en la arena?Si y cuantas veces deben volar las balas de cañón¿Antes de que estén prohibidos para siempre?La respuesta, amigo mío, está soplando en el viento. La respuesta está soplando en el viento"
Rhetorical question/Hypophora
Repetition of "How many times" and "The answer is blowin in the wind"
What type of rhetorical technique is this?
"This outfit cost me an arm and a leg"
¿Qué tipo de técnica retórica es esta?
"Este traje me costó un ojo de la cara"
Hyperbole - an exaggeration
Name two rhetorical devices: "Ray, people will come, Ray. They'll come to Iowa, for reasons they can't even fathom. They'll turn up at your driveway, not even sure why they're doing it. They'll arrive at your door, as innocent as children, longing for the past... They'll watch the game, and it will be as if they dipped themselves in magic waters. The memories will be so thick, they'll have to brush them away from they're faces... This deal, this game, it's a part of our past, Ray. It reminds us of all that was once good, and it could be again. Oh, people will come, Ray. People will most definitely come."
Repetition, Antithesis, Similes, Metaphor
When Horace Greeley called Lewis Cass "Pot-bellied, mutton-headed," and "cucumber-soled," this is an example of which rhetorical device?
Cuando Horace Greeley llamó a Lewis Cass "barrigón, cabeza de cordero" y "suela de pepino", ¿de qué recurso retórico es este un ejemplo?
Invective: Insults against someone
Name two rhetorical techniques: “Who indeed knows the secret of the earthly pilgrimage? Who indeed knows why there can be comfort in a world of desolation?... Who indeed knows the secret of the earthly pilgrimage? Who knows for what we live, and struggle, and die? Who knows what keeps us living and struggling, while all things break about us? Who knows why the warm flesh of a child is such comfort, when one’s own child is lost and cannot be recovered? Wise men write many books, in words too hard to understand. But the purpose of our lives, the end of all our struggle, is beyond all human wisdom. Oh God, my God, do not Thou forsake me. Yeah, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I shall fear no evil, if Thou art with me”
Allusion - Reference to the bible
Rhetorical question/hypophora
Repetition of "live, struggle, and die"
Name two rhetorical devices:
"In the land of the free
We got more people locked up than the rest of the world
Right here in red, white and blue
(I'm standing crying)
Incarceration's become big business
It's harvest time out on the avenue"
"En la tierra de los libres Tenemos más gente encerrada que el resto del mundo. Aquí mismo en rojo, blanco y azul. (Estoy parada llorando) El encarcelamiento se ha convertido en un gran negocio Es tiempo de cosecha en la avenida"
Facts/Stats, Metaphor ("Harvest time out on the avenue"), Allusion to the idea of "The land of the free" and the "red, white, and blue"
Which rhetorical device is this an example of?
"Do you want your children to succeed in school? Well then, you need our product..."
¿De qué recurso retórico es este un ejemplo?
"¿Quieres que tus hijos tengan éxito en la escuela? Bueno, entonces necesitas nuestro producto..."
Erotesis - asking a question to elicit a strong reaction