Rhetoric, Rhetoric, and More Rhetoric

Rhetorical devices

100

The repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses

Anaphora

200

This is the sequential repetition of a similar initial sound, usually applied to sonsonants, usually in closely proximate stressed syllables. "She sells sea shells by the sea shore."

Alliteration

300

A statement that is formulated as a question but is not expected to be answered

Rhetorical question

400

Deliberate exaggeration for emphasis

Hyperbole

500

Expressing the same idea using different words

Restatement

Rhetoric 2

100

a reference to something from another text, movie, etc.   most often the reference is to something biblical or from mythology

allusion

200

the three points of the rhetorical triangle are: speaker, audience, and _________.

message

300

This is the apeal to authority.

Ethos

400

The repeating of grammatical structure.  for example: "she ate cows. he ate mustard."

Parallelism

500

A short personal story used to illustrate a point

Anecdote

Rhetoric 3

100

An idea or feeling which a word invokes.  hint: this word starts with a "C"

Connotation

200

On the rhetorical triangle, this part is where you analyze how an author proves their point (with emphasis on which rhetorical devices the author uses)

Style

300

This is the appeal to pity and emotions.

Pathos

400

Purposefully representing something as much less than it really is

Understatement

500

Use of a word or phrase that is less direct, but also less distasteful or offensive, than another.

Euphemism

Rhetoric 4

100

A literary, historical, religious, or mythological reference.

Allusion

200

________ language is used to create imagery and express things non-literally.

figurative

300

This is the appeal to logic and reason.

Logos

400

this is the "background information" on the rhetorical triangle.   This is where you explain what has happened that has caused the speaker to write/speak

Context

500

The recurrence of words or phrases

Repetition

Rhetoric 5

100

The juxtaposition of sharply contrasting ideas in balances or parallel words, phrases, grammatical structure, or ideas. For example, "To err is human, to sin is divine."

Antithesis

200

This is the attitude the writer takes toward a subject and theme.

Tone

300

A comparison using like or as

Simile

400

on the rhetorical triangle, this is where you talk about the lesson the author is trying to tell the audience.   what they want them to believe after hearing the speech/argument.

message

500

on the rhetorical triangle, this is where you analyze the WHY.   so, why the author is giving the speech

purpose