Basic Rhetorical Elements
The "voice" of the text; the intended reader(s)
Speaker and audience
Giving human characteristics to inanimate objects
Personification
"All in all it's just another brick in the wall"
Metaphor
Events of a story
Plot
An "under exaggeration"
Understatement
The author's attitude toward the subject
Tone
Using words to show sounds
Onomatopoeia
Personification, simile
Point of highest emotion/turning point
Climax
Play on words
Pun
Sentence structure and types of sentences
Syntax
The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words
Alliteration
"I am a Lost Boy from Neverland"
Allusion
Background information given at the beginning of a story
Exposition
Speech given by a character alone on stage; only the audience hears it
Soliloquy
Differences between logos, pathos, & ethos
Logic, emotion, credibility
Reference to someone/something in history or pop culture
Allusion
"Whisper words of wisdom"
Alliteration
When the narrator can only see actions or hear words; cannot go into the head of any character
Objective/Limited
Putting things together that wouldn't normally go together
Incongruity
What 2 primary terms help authors create their desired tones?
Diction and connotation
A compound expression, with metaphorical meaning, which replaces a regular noun; mostly associated with Old English/Norse English
Kenning
"You can be a King Kong banging on your chest" (4 devices)
Metaphor, alliteration, allusion, onomatopoeia
All-knowing narrator who can see into any character's mind
Omniscient
A character who is set up to contrast with another character
Foil