S.O.A.P.S.Tone
Rhetorical Appeals
Figurative Language
Fig. Lang and Rhet. Devices

Rhetorical Devices
100

The person giving the speech

Who is the Speaker?

100

This appeals to emotions

What is Pathos?

100

A comparison using "like" or "as"

What is a simile

100

When you say something over and over again

What is repetition?

100

When you say verbatim what someone else said.

What is a quote?

200

The event/venue for the speech

What is the Occasion

200

This appeals to reasoning

What is Logos?

200

A comparison between 2 things without using like or as

What is a metaphor

200

When you ask but don't want someone to respond.

What is a rhetorical question?

200

Percentages, numbers based on facts, data...

What are statistics?

300

The person to whom the speech is given

Who is the Audience?

300

This appeals to credibility

What is ethos?

300

An exaggeration

What is a hyperbole

300

When a point is overly emphasized with exaggerated words and redundancy.

What is amplificaiton?

300

A reference to a well known person place or event

What is an allusion?

400

The reason for the speech

What is the Purpose?

400

Using sad music and pictures of injured dogs in a commercial to raise money for the animal society.

What is an appeal to pathos?

400

A comparison of an inanimate item to a human 

What is personification

400
When you start sentences or phrases the same, but vary the ending.

What is parallelism?

400

A story told as an example to evoke emotion or emphasis reasoning.

What is an anecdote
500

The topic of a speech

What is the subject

500

Using Shaq for a commercial for Head & Shoulders shampoo.

What is an appeal to pathos?

500

A side by side comparison of 2 like thing

What is Juxtaposition?

500

When you answer your own question in a speech.

What is hypophora

500

When a specific accent or dialogue or vernacular words are used.

What is colloquialism?