Devil's Advocate
This is something you believe is "overrated".
This really is from the 2019 FRQ. Jeez what isn't overrated these days?
The speaker/author's attitude towards the subject of a text.
What is tone?
A brief and indirect reference to a person, place, thing, or idea containing cultural, historical, literary, or political significance to the reader or author.
What is allusion?
The placement of contrasting elements between sentences, paragraphs or sections of text to highlight an intended disparity.
What is juxtaposition?
This is who the writer is speaking to and who the piece is intended for, may contain bias.
Audience
This is your position on Oscar Wilde's claim that disobedience is a valuable human trait and promotes social progress.
The literal or primary meaning of a word, in contrast to the feelings or ideas that the word suggests.
What is denotation?
A short, interesting, or funny rendition of an event or occurrence that may have happened to the speaker, author, or actor, or someone he or she purports to know.
What is anecdote?
A set of similarly structured words, phrases, or clauses.
What is parallelism?
This is the persuasive appeal that leans on logic, objective information and facts, to the intelligence of the audience.
Logos
This is your position on the value of exploring the unknown.
What's the worst that can happen?
An idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal or primary meaning.
What is connotation?
An inoffensive expression that is substituted for one that is considered offensive or harsh.
What is euphemism?
A form of a regular repetition of the same word or phrase at the beginning of successive phrases or strategically placed paragraphs.
What is anaphora?
This is a persuasive appeal that leans on emotion and appealing to the feelings of the audience.
Pathos
This is your position on the value of striving for perfection.
A relatively recent or isolated term, word, or phrase that may be in the process of entering common use, but that has not been fully accepted into mainstream language.
What is neologism?
The use of humor, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose and criticize people's stupidity or vices, particularly in the context of contemporary politics and other topical issues.
What is satire?
The use of many conjunctions with the intended effect of overwhelming the reader with details, thus leading to a sense of concern.
What is polysyndeton?
This is a persuasive appeal that leans on the credibility and authority of its author.
Ethos
You have 15 seconds to convince Mr. Dorlis whether a hot dog is/is not a sandwich.
Language used in ordinary or familiar conversation; not formal or literary.
What is colloquial?
A seemingly absurd or self-contradictory statement or proposition that when investigated or explained may prove to be well founded or true.
What is paradox?
The placement of directly opposite ideas and/or words within the same sentence or very close together to emphasize their disparity. Example: "It was the best of times; it was the worst of times" (Dickens).
What is antithesis?
This is the event or occurrence that prompts rhetorical discourse, the purpose for the text, its raison d'etre if you will.
Exigence