Rhetorical Devices
Rhetorical Appeals
Point of View
Purpose
How does it strengthen the argument?
100
"Peter piper picked a patch of pickled peppers"
What device is this and how does it strengthen the writing?
Alliteration, grabs attention
100
Appeals to emotion
Pathos
100
"I hate it here"
First person
100
What is the acronym that we use to remember the 3 purposes?
PIE
100
Metaphor
Makes a foreign object more familiar through comparison
200
"Utah is a beautiful state with big, burnt orange plateaus"
What device is this and how does it strengthen writing?
Imagery, keeps reader's attention
200
Appeals to logic, appeals to credibility
Logos, ethos
200
3rd person omniscient
she/he/their. God perspective, can hear character's thoughts.
200
The purpose of an advertisement
Persuade, inform
200
Alliteration
Catches attention, keeps attention
300
"She is as sleepy as a newborn kitten. How much sleep does she need??"
What 2 rhetorical devices are in this example?
Simile, question
300
Pathos
300
"You are walking in a house with creaky floorboards"
2nd person
300
The purpose of a recipe
Inform
300
Parallelism
Easier to read, more organized... making it easier to understand
400
"Today and tomorrow Tina will teach me trigonometry. Math is the gum under my shoe. But, I have to learn it... STOMP STOMP STOMP!"
Alliteration, idiom, onomatopoeia
400
Ethos
400
Come up with an example of 3rd person limited.
example using he/she/their with NO internal thoughts
400
The purpose of "Man Who Mistook his Wife for a Hat"
Inform, Entertain
400
Rhetorical Question
Implies the answer, makes you think about the idea being suggested by the question
500
"I wish I could find my way home, I wish I could see my family. I wish the bus did not take me to the opposite side of town, to the wrong house, to the wrong family. But at least they gave me a snack for the road, LOL!
Repetition, parallelism, humor
500
Come up with an example for each appeal.
Ethos example, pathos example, logos example.
500
What pronouns go with each point of view? (1st, 2nd, 3rd)
1st=I, me, my
2nd=You, your, yours
3rd= she, he, their
500
The purpose of "Alphabet/Paris"
Inform, entertain
500
Idiom
Like slang... makes the reader feel more comfortable, trust the author more, more relatable