Do you know your rhetorical strategies?

Define anaphora

• two opposite ideas are put together in a sentence to achieve a contrasting effect

• the deliberate repetition of the first part of the sentence or clause

• pretending to omit something by drawing attention to it

• the use of components in a sentence that are grammatically the same, or similar in their construction, sound, meaning, or meter

Define antithesis

• two opposite ideas are put together in a sentence to achieve a contrasting effect

• the deliberate repetition of the first part of the sentence or clause

• pretending to omit something by drawing attention to it

• the use of components in a sentence that are grammatically the same, or similar in their construction, sound, meaning, or meter

Define parallelism

• two opposite ideas are put together in a sentence to achieve a contrasting effect

• the deliberate repetition of the first part of the sentence or clause

• pretending to omit something by drawing attention to it

• the use of components in a sentence that are grammatically the same, or similar in their construction, sound, meaning, or meter

Define paralipsis

• two opposite ideas are put together in a sentence to achieve a contrasting effect

• the deliberate repetition of the first part of the sentence or clause

• pretending to omit something by drawing attention to it

• the use of components in a sentence that are grammatically the same, or similar in their construction, sound, meaning, or meter

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

This represents credibility, or an ethical appeal, which involves persuasion by the character involved.

• ethos

• pathos

• logos

• rhetorical question

This is a method of convincing people with an argument drawn out through an emotional response.

• ethos

• pathos

• logos

• hyperbole

This can be defined as a statement, sentence, or argument used to convince or persuade the targeted audience by employing reason or logic.

• ethos

• pathos

• logos

• hyperbole

This is a figure of speech that involves an exaggeration of ideas for the sake of emphasis.

• ethos

• pathos

• logos

• hyperbole

This is is asked just for effect, or to lay emphasis on some point being discussed, when no real answer is expected.

• ethos

• pathos

• logos

• rhetorical question