Rhetoric
What is logos?
a logical appeal to persuade someone using numbers and logical reasoning to convince someone to agree with you
What do we use to prove or back up our answer to a prompt?
Text evidence
What is a simile
uses like or as to compare two things
What is imagery?
uses descriptive words to create an image in the reader's mind
What is pathos?
An emotional appeal used to persuade someone to take action or agree using guilt, sadness, joy, anger, or another emotion to motivate someone.
What do we have to include in our essays to avoid plagiarism?
Citations
What is a metaphor?
Compares two things without using like or as
What is hyperbole?
over exaggeration
What is ethos?
An ethical appeal where emotions, ethics, education, and expert knowledge is used to persuade an audience.
List three things that could be noted in your essay to cite a source:
What is alliteration?
Sally Sells seashells by the seashore
(same sounds at the beginings of words close to each other)
What is meiosis?
under exaggeration or downplaying
Martin Luther King, Jr. was educated and had a lot of experience speaking to groups at his pulpit as a minister. He believed in ethics, or moral treatment of all human beings. What rhetorical device could he use to persuade an audience to take action in the Civil Rights movement based on his expert knowledge and experience.
An ethos appeal
What type of essay did we write the first quarter?
An argumentative essay
What is an idiom?
Saying that isn't literal ex: raining cats and dogs
What is figurative language?
a writing device author's use to improve their writing and make it more INTERESTING OR to emphasize a point and it is usually not literal
Why do authors use rhetorical devices in their writings or speeches?
To persuade audiences to side with him/her in an argument or on a topic or debate.
What is it called when you explain the text evidence with your own thoughts, words, and connect it to your life experiences
commentary
What is an allusion?
a reference to a work of art, history, or well-known literature like the Bible or Romeo and Juliet or the Mona Lisa or World War 2
What is onomatopoeia?
Sound words like ruff buzz meow grrr vroom vroom