Rhetorical Devices
Builds trust in the speaker/source.
What is Ethos?
Appeal using logic, facts, and reasoning.
What is Logos?
The use of emotion to persuade.
What is Pathos?
Comparison using like/as.
What is Simile?
Something given in support of a claim.
What is Evidence?
Asking a question to provoke thought.
What is Rhetorical Question?
Adds many conjuctions to slow and build weight.
What is Polysyndeton?
Question + immediate answer
What is Hypophora?
Direct comparison (X is Y)
What is Metaphor?
Explains how evidence proves the claim.
What is Reasoning?
Omits conjuctions to speed a list.
What is Asyndeton?
Repeating openings of clauses for emphasis.
What is Anaphora?
End word repeating at the start of successive clauses.
Explains reasoning by comparing two situations (extended comparison form).
What is Analogy?
A strategy that acknowledges other sides of an argument befure refutation.
What is Counterargument?
The main arguable position.
What is Claim?
Repeats endings of clauses for emphasis.
What is Epistrophe?
Urgency/timing used in persuasion.
What is Kairos?
Placing contrasting terms or ideas side-by-side to highlight difference.
What is Juxtaposition?
A short personal story a writer uses to make a point feel real and relatable before presenting broader evidence.
What is Anecdote?
Contradictory terms placed together for nuanced effect.
"Deafening silence" "Bittersweet"
What is Oxymoron?
Naming a part to represent the whole (or vice versa).
"Nice wheels" - the man said referring to the luxury vehicle.
What is Synecdoche?
Death = stand in for 'war'
What is Metonymy?
Understatement by negating the opposite.
"She isn't that bad." - said the boy speaking about his favourite teacher.
Litote(s)
A direct comparison developed across multiple ideas/lines.
What is Extended Metaphor?