Rhetoric Terms

What is an oxymoron?

• A figure of speech with contradictory terms

• A type of participial phrase

• A type of organizational strategy

• A method of pacing in writing

What does parallelism achieve in writing?

• Creates confusion in the reader

• Introduces complex ideas

• Adds balance and clarity to a passage

• Obscures the main argument

What is the definition of pathos?

• A method of organizing essays

• Appealing to the emotions

• A type of participial phrase

• A figure of speech

What is the purpose of pairing in writing?

• To create confusion

• To introduce complex ideas

• To emphasize words for stronger effect

• To obscure the main idea

What does the term 'occasion' refer to in writing?

• The author's personal feelings

• The context that prompted the writing

• The conclusion drawn by the author

• The main argument of the piece

Rhetorical devices

• Techniques used to get an audience's attention and/or persuade them of your argument

• Arguing that something must be true because most or many people believe it

• Errors in reasoning that make an argument invalid

• Asking a question of the audience to provoke thought

Pathos

• An appeal to credibility

• An appeal to emotion

• An appeal to logic

• An appeal to authority

Logos

• An appeal to credibility

• An appeal to emotion

• An appeal to bananas

• An appeal to logic

Ethos

• An appeal to emotion

• An appeal to credibility

• An appeal to truth

• An appeal to logic

Parallel structure

• Repeated use of similar grammatical structures for emphasis and appeal to the ear

• Rhetorical devices and persuasive similarities

• Parallel lines contained within a passage

• Saying one thing but meaning the opposite (sarcasm)