Robinson Rhetoric

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Rhetoric

The art of persuasive speaking or writing.

Aristotle’s Rhetorical Triangle

A model that describes the relationship between the subject, speaker, and audience in effective communication.

Rhetoric

The art of persuasive speaking or writing.

Aristotle’s Rhetorical Triangle

A model that describes the relationship between the subject, speaker, and audience in effective communication.

Claim

A statement or assertion that is open to challenge and that requires support.

Ethos

An appeal to ethics, convincing the audience of the credibility or character of the speaker.

Pathos

An appeal to emotion, persuading the audience by eliciting feelings.

Logos

An appeal to logic, persuading the audience using reason and facts.

S.P.A.C.E.C.A.T

A mnemonic device representing Speaker, Purpose, Audience, Context, Exigence, Choices, Appeals, Tone.

Exigence

The urgency that prompts a speaker to write or speak.

Alliteration

The repetition of the same consonant sound at the beginning of closely connected words.

Allusion

A brief, indirect reference to a well-known person, event, or literary work.

Anaphora

The repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses or sentences.

Assonance

The repetition of vowel sounds in nearby words.

Antithesis

The use of contrasting ideas in parallel structure.

Asyndeton

The omission of conjunctions between parts of a sentence.

Hyperbole

Exaggeration for emphasis or effect.

Juxtaposition

Placing two contrasting ideas close together for effect.

Metaphor

A direct comparison between two unlike things without using 'like' or 'as'.

Onomatopoeia

A word that imitates a sound.

Rhetorical Question

A question asked for effect rather than to get an actual answer.

Parallelism

The repetition of grammatical structures in a sentence or series of sentences.

Simile

A comparison between two unlike things using 'like' or 'as'.

Irony

A contrast between expectation and reality.

Paradox

A statement that appears contradictory but reveals a deeper truth.

Symbol

An object, person, or event that represents a larger idea.

Ellipsis

The omission of words that are understood from context.

Imagery

Descriptive language that appeals to the senses.

Synecdoche

A figure of speech where a part represents the whole or vice versa.

Oxymoron

A phrase that combines contradictory terms.

Analogy

A comparison between two things to explain or clarify something unfamiliar.

Personification

Giving human qualities to non-human things.