Definitions
Two things placed near one another with contrasting effect
What is juxtaposition?
"Sir, we have done everything that could be done, to avert the storm which is now coming on."
Who is Patrick Henry?
Using emotion to persuade an audience
What is pathos?
The author's attitude toward a topic and audience
What is tone?
Mr. President, it is natural to man to indulge in the illusions of hope
What is direct address?
An indirect or implied reference to something historical, literary, religious, or mythical
What is an allusion?
"Sir, I suppose that the knowledge of the situation of my brethren is too extensive to need a recital here..."
Who is Benjamin Banneker?
The reason a text is written
What is exigence?
The arrangement of words and phrases in a sentence, including punctuation
What is syntax?
Voldemort's spells all aim to destruct, whereas Dumbledore's are equally amazing, but meant to disarm, distinguish, or defend
What is hypophora?
The substitute of a name of something for an attribute of that thing
What is metonymy?
"...we mutually pledge to each other our Lives, our Fortunes, and our sacred Honor"
Who is Thomas Jefferson (from the Declaration of Independence)?
Used to establish the speaker's credibility or trust with the audience
What is ethos?
Word-choice
What is diction?
Fluffy, the 3-headed dog in Harry Potter
What is an allusion?
Omission of a conjunction between a list of things in a sentence
What is asyndeton?
"...we were confronted with blasted hopes, and the dark shadow of a deep disappointment settled upon us"
Who is Martin Luther King, Jr.?
Both inductive and deductive reasoning fall under this rhetorical appeal
What is logos?
The art of effective writing or speaking
What is rhetoric?
Has Great Britain any enemy, in this quarter of the world, to call for all this accumulation of navies and armies? No, sir, she has none.
What is hypophora?
Brief moral sayings
What is sententia?
"There is no good and evil, there is only power, and those too weak to seek it"
Who is Voldemort?
The effect the writer or speaker intended to have on the audience
What is the purpose?
Using similar grammatical structure to emphasize related ideas
What is parallelism?
"I came, I saw, I conquered" used what two rhetorical devices?
What is parallelism and asyndeton?