Rhetorical Analysis
The author's or speaker's credibility.
This device is both literary and rhetorical; this is when authors or speakers build a vivid picture for their reader that uses figurative language and sensory details.
What is imagery?
This is a kind of figurative language where an author makes an obvious exaggeration to make a point.
What is hyperbole?
This is typically part of an introduction paragraph that draws the reader in.
What is a hook?
This is the art & study of effective communication and persuasion.
What is rhetoric?
This is a rhetorical device in which a speaker makes a direct appeal urging the audience to take a specific action.
What is a "call to action"?
This is a type of figurative language where an author makes an unlikely comparison for emphasis or aesthetics.
What is a metaphor?
TRUE OR FALSE: A conclusion paragraph gets more detailed as it goes.
FALSE - A conclusion paragraph gets more broad/general as you go.
This is the group of people the author is writing for, based on their interests, age, and background.
What is audience?
This rhetorical device acknowledges a valid point from the opposing side while maintaining their argument.
What is a concession?
This is why an author would ask a rhetorical question.
To engage the audience in reflection and emphasize a point without expecting an answer.
These are the two things you need in an effective thesis statement for a rhetorical or literary analysis.
The TAG (title, author, genre of the work you're writing about) and a claim or argument.
This is an author or speaker's tendency or inclination to favor one perspective, opinion, or viewpoint over others, often leading to a lack of impartiality.
What is bias?
This device is an indirect reference to a familiar event or piece of literature or other media that leads the audience to draw conclusions or make connections.
What is an allusion?
This figure of speech joins two opposite or contradictory words (like “bittersweet” or “deafening silence”) to create a striking effect.
These words and phrases (for example, "however," "for instance," and "therefore") link ideas between sentences and paragraphs to guide the reader through an argument.
What are transitions?
This is the reason why a writer creates a particular text; the author’s argument. It encompasses the goals the author aims to achieve through their writing.
What is purpose?
This device concerns an author's word choices; it is the deliberate choice and use of words and phrases in speech or writing.
What is diction?
This device repeats the same word or phrase at the beginning of successive lines or sentences for emphasis and rhythm (famous example: Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I have a dream…”).
What is anaphora?
These are the two things you need when you present evidence in an essay.
You need context for your evidence and to embed it in your own sentence.