Rhetorical Devices
A word or phrase that is repeated at the beginning of each sentence.
Anaphora
An appeal to reason or logic
Logos
Logos, Ethos, and Pathos
The 3 Appeals
The lettuce outbreak
Taco Bell parasite
Cyclospora
Name of a civil rights activist besides MLK Jr.
Claudette Colvin
Rosa Parks
Malcolm X
(any others)
A reference in literature to a well-known place, thing, or event from history, religion, mythology, or popular culture.
Allusion
An appeal to credibility
Ethos
A useful tool to understand a rhetorical (non-fiction) speech.
Rhetorical Triangle
The worksheet used to organize all the information you've read
Graphic Organizer
Signed by Abraham Lincoln to legally free slaves
Emancipation Proclamation
When two unrelated things are compared due to a common trait they have without using the words "like" or "as"
Metaphor
The appeal used in Mohammed Qahtani's speech about the power of words when he talks about his friend who died of drug overdose
Pathos
The 5 parts of a rhetorical triangle
The first thing you need when starting research
A research question (+ sub questions)
Number of people at the March on Washington
250,000 people
When an object represents an abstract idea
Symbolism
List 2 public speaking skills to boost ethos
Wear a suit or professional clothing
Stand up straight (superhero pose)
Increase volume of your voice
Pause with confidence &intention ("pause like a boss")
Difference between "Message" and "Purpose" of a speech
Message: The main idea or point the speaker/writer is trying to make
Purpose: The result that the speaker/writer is hoping to accomplish through the speech
2 types of sources (where you get information)
Primary & Secondary sources
FULL name of the march that MLK Jr. make his famous "I have a dream" speech at
March on Washington for Jobs & Freedom
The rhetorical device used in this famous quote: "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times"
Antithesis
The 2 devices or appeal (+ explanation) used in this MLK Jr. quote: "In a sense we’ve come to our nation’s capital to cash a check. When the architects of our Republic wrote the magnificent words of the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence, they were signing a promissory note to which every American was to fall heir. This note was a promise that all men—yes, black men as well as white men—would be guaranteed the unalienable rights of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. . . ."
Devices: Metaphor / Allusion / Analogy
Appeals: Credibility
An example of a rhetorical question
(e.g. What is it to be happy?, Will we ever be satisfied?, What is the meaning of our existence?)
The difference between a primary and secondary source
Primary sources: direct, firsthand evidence, raw data, or by someone who lived through the time.
Secondary sources: analyze, interpret, or summarize that information afterwards.
Let freedom ring
I have a dream
One hundred years later
We can never be satisfied
With this faith