Rhetorical Devices
This is a rhetorical devices which involves repeating a phrase at the beginning of a successive clause.
What is an anaphora?
Examples of this include: however, furthermore, secondly, therefore
What are transitions?
MLK's famous speech where he encourages people of all races to come together.
What is "I Have a Dream"?
A writing technique used to politely refute a claim.
What is a counterargument?
What is a noun?
The use of a contrasting idea within the same sentence to highlight differences.
What is antithesis?
What is a claim?
The first line of Abraham Lincoln's famous speech during the Battle of Gettysburg.
What is logos?
This is a sentence which includes a subject and a verb but lacks a complete thought.
What is a fragment?
The deliberate omission of conjunctions in any sentence.
What is asyndeton?
The process of providing logical explanations and justifications.
What is reasoning?
He wrote about the Holocaust and the dangers of being a bystander.
Who is Elie Wiesel?
This strategy involves building credibility with the audience by sharing knowledge.
What is ethos?
The difference between affect and effect.
What is a verb and a noun?
What is an apostrophe?
This type of repetition occurs four times in a row.
What is a tetracolon?
This president stated, "ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country."
Who is John F. Kennedy?
This writing strategy is used to stir emotions and to persuade audiences through feeling and passion.
What is pathos?
The over usage of many conjunctions in one sentence.
What is polysyndeton?
What is an allusion?
The repetition of a successive clause which occurs at the end.
What is an epistrophe?
What is "Ain't I a Woman"?
An essay that requires the writer to use at least three to four sources during composition.
What is a synthesis essay?
A sentence which overly elaborates and often loses its meaning.
What is a run-on?