ethos / pathos / logos
What do we call persuading through emotions?
pathos
Can you spot alliteration in par. 6?
cause /costs
ballot / bullet
Can you spot repetition in par. 6?
appeal (2 times)
Find examples of parallel structures in par. 2.
where he lives
what he does
who will suffer
What devices are used here:
Why? What has violence ever accomplished? What has it ever created?
rhetorical question
alliteration
3-member sequence
What do we call persuading through credibility and trust?
ethos
How many s can you spot in: No martyr’s cause has ever been stilled by his assassin’s bullet. What do we call this lit. device?
7
consonance
How many words can be examples of repetition in par. 5 and to what effect?
Whenever
American
law
violence
Find ONE idiom in par. 5.
in cold blood
What TWO devices can be spotted in the beginning of sentences in par. 8: too often we and some who?
repetition
parallel structures
Where can we find an example of ethos in paragraphs 1-8?
6:
“Among free men,” said Abraham Lincoln, “there can be no successful appeal from the ballot to the bullet; and those who take such appeal are sure to lose their cause and pay the costs.”
What sounds create consonance/assonance here: no wrongs have ever been righted by riots?
r
i
Find THREE words with negative connotation in par. 1.
mindless
menace
stains
Which TWO paragraphs have most examples of contrast in par. 1-8?
2 & 5
What devices are used in par. 4?
Contrast
Consonance
Repetition
Where can we find an example of pathos in paragraphs 1-8?
5:
which another man has painfully and clumsily woven for himself and his children
What sounds create consonance in par. 7?
m
p
l
Find ONE verb with negative connotation in par. 7.
degraded
Find metaphorical phrase in par. 8.
to build their own lives on the shattered dreams of others
What devices are used in: the mindless menace of violence in par. 1?
alliteration
consonance
assonance
Explain usage of logos in paragraph 7
Claim
Example to support the claim 1
Example to support the claim 2
Example to support the claim 3
How are cons./assonc./alliterat. used in par. 8 and to what effect?
bind words into strong units
w/l/e: swagger and bluster and the wielders of force;
l: willing to build their own lives
d: the shattered dreams of others
p: preach / practice it here at home
k/i: accuse others of inciting riots have by their own conduct invited them
How many times and where is the word violence used in the speech? Comment.
12 times in the first 10 paragraphs.
NONE in the second part => positive development.
What two paragraphs use metaphorical language to create pictures of creation and destruction?
5: we tear at the fabric of life
8: willing to build their own lives on the shattered dreams of others
What devices are used in: all shades of sanity in par. 7?
Euphemism
Consonance
Alliteration