Persuasion vocab
Claim
What is a debatable or controversial statement the speaker or writer intends to prove with evidence.(usually found in the Thesis)
this is the repetition of similar sounds at the beginning of words
What is alliteration?
Brutus-
And therefore think him as a serpent's egg
Which, hatch'd, would, as his kind, grow mischievous,
And kill him in the shell.
Simile
This is what the characters say and make up the majority of the story in Drama.
What is Dialouge
Metaphor
What is a direct comparison of two things
Logos
What is a persuasive appeal that is about how logical something is
A comparison of two different things that uses "like" or "as"
What is a simile
Brutus-
More than his reason. But 'tis a common proof,
That lowliness is young ambition's ladder,
Whereto the climber-upward turns his face;
But when he once attains the upmost round.625
He then unto the ladder turns his back,
Looks in the clouds, scorning the base degrees
By which he did ascend.
What is a Metaphor ?
This is when a character is on stage talking to silent listeners.
What is a monologue?
a comparison of two different things, used i order to explain one thing through its similarities to a more familiar thing
What is an Analogy ?
this persuasive appeal gets the audience to feel something
What is pathos?
vivid descriptive language that appeals to the five senses
What is Imagery?
Antony-
For when the noble Caesar saw him stab
Ingratitude, stronger than a traitor's arms
Did conquer him. Then burst his mighty heart.
What is Hyperbole ?
When something said/done has the opposite outcome of the assumption.
Irony
rhetorical questions
What is a question that is not expected to be answered, used for rhetorical effect or to emphasize an obvious point
argument that is issued in response to someone else's argument to show that the original claim is somehow incorrect.
What is Counter-argument?
Anaphora
What is a repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of sentences, lines or clauses
Et tu, Bruté?
What is a Rhetorical Question?
This is when the character is speaking to their private thoughts that other characters can not here.
What is an a aside?
Aphorism
short statement that reveals a general truth or opinion
defence against the counterargument
What is a Rebuttal?
Hyperbole
What is an over-exaggeration, used for emphasis or effect
Antony-
For Brutus, as you know was Caesar's angel
Judge, O you gods, how dearly Caesar loved him!
This was the most unkindest cut of all.
What is Pathos?
This man was great author, dramatist and poet who wrote Julius Caesar
Who is William Shakespeare?
a comparison of two different things, used i order to explain one thing through its similarities to a more familiar thing
What is an analogy