Irony
a literary device that reveals a contrast between expectation and reality.
irony
The art of using language to persuade or influence others
Rhetoric
The emotional associations or implied meaning that words carry beyond their literal definitions?
Connotations
When a student, who dislikes tests, says "I'm so excited," while looking at a test, they are likely using ______ irony.
Verbal Irony
Saying the opposite of what is meant for humor or emphasis
Verbal Irony
A term that describes the three main strategies (ethos logos pathos) used to persuade an audience.
Rhetorical Appeals
Using humor or exaggeration to criticize society's flaws with the intent to inspire change
Satire
a rat infestation at the department of sanitation is an example of ______ irony.
Situational Irony
A type of irony where events turn out opposite to what is expected.
Situational Irony
Using statistics, facts, and logical reasoning to convince an audience
Logos (one of three rhetorical appeals)
Review from previous years:
Representing a thing or idea as a person; giving human characteristics to something nonhuman
personification
When Ella acknowledges her college degree in her essay to convince her audience of her credibility she is using the rhetorical appeal called ______
Ethos
A type of irony that is also known as sarcasm
verbal irony
Using emotional language or personal stories to connect with and persuade an audience
Pathos (one of three rhetorical appeals)
Review from previous years:
a comparison of two unlike things, using like or as
simile
"And just like that, she was gone, out of my life again."
This line from Forrest Gump is an example of which rhetorical appeal?
pathos
A type of irony where the reader knows something that the characters do not.
Dramatic Irony
establishing credibility through expertise or experience
Ethos (one of three rhetorical appeals)
review from previous years:
words that imitate sounds
Onomatopoeia
"I calculate there may be about two hundred thousand couple whose wives are breeders; from which number I subtract thirty thousand couple,
who are able to maintain their own children,
there will remain a hundred and seventy thousand breeders."
This is an example of what rhetorical appeal?
logos