RHETORICAL DEVICES APLANG

Ethos

Building the speaker's credibility, trust, or authority.

Pathos

Eliciting an emotional response from the audience.

Logos

Using logic, data, facts, or clear reasoning.

Anecdote

A short personal or historical story used to illustrate a broader argument.

Analogy

Extended comparison used to explain a complex or unfamiliar idea through a familiar one.

Allusion

A brief, indirect reference to a historical, literary, religious, or pop culture topic.

Juxtaposition

Placing two contrasting images, ideas, or examples close together to highlight their differences.

Personification

Giving human traits to non-human entities, objects, or animals.

Metaphor & Simile

Direct or indirect comparisons between two unlike things to reframe a concept.

Anaphora

Repeating a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses or sentences (e.g., 'We need… We need…').

Epistrophe

Repeating a word or phrase at the end of successive clauses.

Parallelism

Matching the grammatical structure of multiple phrases or sentences for balance and rhythm.

Asyndeton

Omitting conjunctions in a series to speed up the pace or create urgency (e.g., 'He came, he saw, he conquered').

Polysyndeton

Adding multiple conjunctions in a row to slow the pace or emphasize accumulation (e.g., 'and… and… and…').

Antithesis

Placing contrasting ideas side by side to highlight their contrast.

Chiasmus / Antimetabole

Inverting words or grammatical structures in successive parts (e.g., 'Eat to live, not live to eat').