Rhetorical Devices
This device repeats the same word or phrase at the beginning of clauses for emphasis.
What is anaphora?
In the synthesis essay, you must use at least this many sources to support your argument.
What is three sources?
In the rhetorical analysis essay, you analyze how an author uses strategies to achieve this.
What is their purpose?
This is a defensible claim that directly responds to a prompt.
What is a thesis?
This author wrote “Letter from Birmingham Jail,” arguing for nonviolent resistance to injustice.
Who is Martin Luther King Jr.?
This rhetorical device creates a surprising contrast between expectation and reality.
What is Irony?
In a synthesis essay, this must come from you, not directly from any of the sources.
What is the thesis/ central argument?
This term refers to the credibility or character of the speaker.
What is ethos?
This is the main claim of an essay that takes a clear position and can be defended with evidence.
What is a thesis?
This speech begins with the repeated phrase “I Have a Dream.”
What is the “I Have a Dream” speech?
This device uses a comparison between two unlike things without using “like” or “as.”
What is a Metaphor?
This is the term for blending your own ideas with evidence from multiple sources in one paragraph.
What is synthesis?
This refers to appeals to emotion used to persuade an audience.
What is pathos?
This rhetorical strategy strengthens an argument by fairly representing and responding to an opposing viewpoint.
What is a rebuttal?
This president delivered the Gettysburg Address during the Civil War.
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
This device deliberately exaggerates to emphasize a point.
What is hyperbole?
This is the skill of acknowledging and responding to opposing viewpoints within your essay.
What is a counterargument?
This refers to appeals to logic, evidence, and reasoning.
What is logos?
This part of an argument directly addresses and responds to an opposing viewpoint.
What is a counterargument?
In this speech, the speaker warns that Americans must guard against the growing power of the military industrial complex.
What is Dwight D. Eisenhower’s Farewell Address?
This device places two contrasting ideas close together to highlight their differences.
What is Juxtaposition?
This describes the practice of integrating a source’s ideas into your sentence structure without copying it.
What is paraphrasing or embedding evidence?
This is the relationship between the speaker, audience, and subject that shapes rhetorical choices.
What is the rhetorical situation?
This scoring element requires demonstrating complexity, nuance, or qualification in your reasoning.
What is sophistication?
This author delivered “The Crisis of Civilization” speech in 1946, arguing that Western society must defend democracy against totalitarianism.
Who is Winston Churchill?