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Rhetorical Devices
Rhetorical Devices
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Persuasive Devices
Persuasive Devices
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Repeating consonant sounds at the beginning of words
alliteration
100
a comparison of two seemingly unlike things
metaphor
100
These words have positive or negative connotations attached to them
loaded words
100
direct or indirect attack on opponents
name-calling
100
usually one or two sentences that state the main idea or purpose of the writing
thesis statement
200
Exaggeration or overstatement for effect
Hyperbole
200
Successive words or phrases with same or similar grammatical structure
parallelism
200
presents self as common man or "average joe"
plain folks
200
Using facts and figures to mislead audience
misuse of statistics
200
short catchy phrases to get across an idea
slogan
300
A comparison of two unlike objects using "like" or "as"
simile
300
Projects the positive or negative qualities of one person or object to another
transfer
300
Everyone else is doing it!
bandwagon
300
an appeal to emotion
pathos
300
the practice of taking someone's work and passing it off as your own
plagiarism
400
Repeating consonant sound in the middle of words
consonance
400
Establishes clear contrasting relationship between two ideas by joining them together
antithesis
400
a celebrity's or satisfied customer's statement about value of something
testimonial
400
an appeal to logic or reason
logos
400
also known as Tony Stark
Iron Man
500
Repeating vowel sounds in the middle of words
assonance
500
Repeats the same word or words at beginning of phrases or sentences
anaphora
500
trying to bias an audience by presenting facts and/or figures that favor one side of an argument
card stacking
500
an appeal to credibility or character
ethos
500
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