Rhetorical Devices
A GROUPING TERM FOR METAPHOR, SIMILE, HYPERBOLE, PERSONIFICATION, ETC.
Figurative Language
EX: WITHOUT LOOKING, WITHOUT MAKING A SOUND, WITHOUT TALKING
REPETITION, ANAPHORA, ASYNDETON
The use of ethics
ETHOS
harsh, inharmonious, or discordant sounds
DISSONANCE
the art of presenting ideas in a clear, effective, and persuasive manner
Rhetoric
substituting the name of one object for another object closely associated with it
metonymy
EX. I WENT TO THE STORE, PARKED THE CAR, AND BOUGHT PIZZA.
PARALLELISM
Ethos, Pathos, or Logos?
A teenager tries to convince his parents to buy him a new car, as the old one continually breaks down, by saying if they cared about their child's safety they'd upgrade him.
PATHOS
a suggestion an author or speaker makes without stating it directly
INFERENCE
a comparison of two things using like, as or other specifically comparative words
simile
a three part deductive argument in which a conclusion is based on a major premise and a minor premise
SYLLOGISM
ARE YOU DUMB
RHETORICAL QUESTION
Ethos, pathos, or logos?
But tonight, we turn the page. Tonight, after a breakthrough year for America, our economy is growing and creating jobs at the fastest pace since 1999. Our unemployment rate is now lower than it was before the financial crisis. More of our kids are graduating than ever before. More of our people are insured than ever before. And we are as free from the grip of foreign oil as we’ve been in almost 30 years. (President Obama)
LOGOS
a standard theme, element, or dramatic situation that recurs in various works
MOTIF
using one part of an object to represent the entire object
SYNECHDOCHE
the word choices made by a writer
DICTION
Can you lend me a hand?
Metonymy
The use of logic
LOGOS
Terms that need descriptive adjectives with them when you use them in ANY ANALYSIS
Diction, tone, syntax, theme
the primary position taken by a writer or speaker
THESIS
the attitude of a writer, usually implied, toward the subject or audience
TONE
"It's not the best weather," to describe a hurricane.
LITOTES/UNDERSTATEMENT
The use of emotion
PATHOS
the manner in which words are arranged into sentences
SYNTAX
a central idea of a work
THEME