Rhetorical Devices

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allusion
reference to a famous historical, biblical, mythological, or literary figure or event
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qualifiers
words or phrases that limit the scope of a claim
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pathos
persuasion through appeals to the audience’s emotions
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alliteration
Repetition of initial consonant letters (or sounds) in two or more different words across successive sentences
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logos
persuasion by means of logic or reasoning
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diction
word choice
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argument
a spoken, written, or visual text that expresses a point of view; the central point a text is making; a reason given with the aim of persuading others
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claim
a statement that asserts a belief or truth
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mediated audience
an audience that is not physically present but is affected by the speaker’s message
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ethos
persuasion through convincing the audience of one’s moral character
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exigence
what prompts a speaker to speak at this particular point in time
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metaphor
a comparison between two objects WITHOUT using the words “like” or “as”
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hyperbole
intentional and extreme exaggeration
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parallelism
making two words, phrases, or clauses equal in part of speech pr grammatical structure
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simile
a comparison between two items using “like” or “as”
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purpose
what the speaker wants the audience to feel while listening; what he/she wants the audience to do after listening
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immediate audience
the audience that is physically present when a speech is delivered
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genre
type of text
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analysis
identifying the features of a text and explaining how the author uses these to develop the meaning or to achieve a particular effect
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tone
an writer’s attitude towards his/her subject
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personification
a figure of speech in which an animal, object, force of nature, or idea is given human characteristics
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imagery
word pictures designed to appeal to the senses
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rhetorical question
a question that is asked merely for effect with no obvious answer expected
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anecdote
short and amusing or interesting account depicting a real incident or person used to support a speaker’s argument
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expletive
Figure of emphasis in which a sing word or short phrase, usually interrupting normal speech, is used to lend emphasis to the words on either side of the figure (ex. of course, I hope, I suppose)