Persuasive Appeals
Figurative Language
RD Devices
Other RD Devices
100
The three persuasive appeals
What is ethos, logos, and pathos
100
a quick comparison using like or as.
What is a SIMILE
100

a question used to make a point, not to get an answer. 

Rhetorical Question

100

Writing structures that are grammatically parallel 

Parallelism

200
Uses facts, quotations, and statistics.
What is LOGOS
200
attribution of human qualities to inanimate things.
What is PERSONIFICATION
200

when a person or author makes an indirect reference in speech or text to something else someone has written, said, or done that is well-known.

Allusion

200

restating an idea using the same words 

Repetition

300
Includes emotionally loaded language.
What is PATHOS
300
A comparison that provides a picture to help understand an idea.
What is METAPHOR
300

a short story to make a general idea seem interesting or prove a point.

Anecdote

300

Expressing the same ideas using different words

Restatement

400
Builds an author's credibility and trustworthiness.
What is ETHOS
400
"School is like a carnival of learning"
What is SIMILE
400

the speaker first asks a question and then answers it. 

Hypophora

400

repetition of the same word or group of words at the beginning of success sentences, clauses or phrases

Anaphora

500
Give an example of each type of appeal.
What is *answers vary*
500
Make up a line of personification.
What is *answers vary*
500

A figure of speech in which opposing or contrasting ideas are juxtaposed (put right next to each other) to show a contrast.

 Antithesis

500

speech that is not intended to be literal but is often used to create vivid impression by setting up comparisons.

Figurative Language