Rhetorical Devices
language that contains implications beyond the meanings of words, and is often used to persuade or convey a specific way
What is charged language?
when a character struggles with their own opposing desires or beliefs
What is internal conflict?
there are this many types of appeals
What is three?
a word or phrase that means exactly or nearly the same as another word or phrase
What is synonym?
a group of words that contains a subject and verb and expresses a complete thought
What is an independent clause?
a question asked in order to create a dramatic effect or to make a point rather than to get an answer
What is a rhetorical question?
a problem, antagonism, or struggle that takes place between a character and an outside force
What is external conflict?
the types of appeals are "appeals on emotion," "appeals on reason," and ...
What is "appeals on logic"?
having the same linguistic derivation as another; from the same original word or root
What is a cognate?
A dependent clause that functions in a sentence as an adjective and modifies a noun
What is a relative clause?
an expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly; an indirect or passing reference.
What is an allusion?
a word that can replace a noun
What is a pronoun?
appeals to the emotions of the audience and elicits feelings that already reside in them
What is pathos?
This Latin root means not or none.
What is -dis?
a group of words that contains a subject and verb but does not express a complete thought
What is a dependent clause?
a comparison of things based on ways they are alike
What is an analogy?
a word used to describe an action, state, or occurrence, and forming the main part of the predicate of a sentence
What is a verb?
appeals to reason
What is logos?
What is -plac?
this type of word typically begins a relative clause
What is a relative pronoun?
(who, whose, whom, etc...)
contrasting ideas presented in parallel structure
What is antithesis?
a word governing, and usually preceding, a noun or pronoun and expressing a relation to another word or element in the clause
What is a preposition?
an appeal to credibility
What is ethos?
Used to turn verbs into nouns
What is -tion?
a balance within one or more sentences of similar phrases or clauses that have the same grammatical structure
What is parallelism?