Literary Devices
These devices involve comparing two objects or actions together
What is Simile/Metaphor?
This appeal would be used to evoke emotion with an audience
What is Pathos?
This device explains the topic and your personal standpoint and opinion.
What is Claim?
This device deals with the emotional connection to a word.
What is Connotation?
This device uses extreme exaggeration for dramatic effect
What is Hyperbole?
This device uses logic to persuade an audience and appeal to their sense of knowledge
What is Logos?
This device is used to acknowledge the opposing side of ones argument.
What is Counterargument?
The true definition of a word.
What is Denotation?
This device is used to downplay a situation and make things seem less significant.
What is an Understatement?
This appeal displays credibility of a speaker or author.
What is Ethos?
This device is used as the limiting/narrowing factor within an argument
What is Qualification?
This device describes the association of a chosen word in an argument
What is Diction?
These devices use repetition of sounds and letters
What is Alliteration/Assonance/Consonance?
This device is what an author or speaker would use to persuade/convince their audience.
What is Rhetoric?
This device is used to support a claim and add credibility to your argument.
What is Grounds/Evidence?
This device is used in sentence structures for dramatic effect.
What is Syntax?
This device uses repetition of words and phrases
What is Anaphora?
This is the visual representation of how argumentative appeals work together.
What is the Rhetoric Triangle?
This device gives the reason for the claim as well as the background knowledge.
What is Warrant?
This device deals with how the author feels about their topic or argument.
What is Tone?