Rehtorical Devices Toolkit APLANG

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Antithesis

Contrasting concepts, words, or phrases within parallel grammatical structures. It highlights the contrast between the opposite ideas.

Repetition

The intentional repetition of the same word or phrase for rhetorical effect.

Restatement

Stating the same idea in new ways

Anaphora

Repetition of a word or expression at the beginning of successive phrases, clauses, sentences for rhetorical or poetic effect.

Analogies

Used casually to mean metaphor or unconventional comparison. “This is to this as that is to that”

Imagery

Language that paints a picture in the readers mind through the five senses

Figurative language

Metaphors, similes, personification

Metaphor

A figure of speech that makes a comparison between two different things

Simile

A figure of speech that compares two different things using "like" or "as"

Personification

A figure of speech that gives human attributes to non-living subjects

Annecdotes

Brief personal stories to illustrate a rhetorical point

Loaded Words

Words that carry significant emotional weight, and envoke strong emotions

SPACE CAT

Speaker, Purpose, Audience, Context, Exigence. Choices, Appeals, Tone

Exigence

The issue, situation/spark, catalyst that motivates the speaker to write or speak.

Ethos

A rhetorical appeal to credibility and ethical character, persuading the audience based on the speaker's trustworthiness.

Pathos

A rhetorical appeal to emotions, aiming to persuade the audience by evoking feelings such as sympathy, anger, or joy.

Logos

A rhetorical appeal to logic and reason, using facts, statistics, and logical arguments to persuade the audience.