Rhetorical Choices

Ad Hominem Arguement

argument that targets emotions instead of reasoning

Alliteration

Reusing the sound of the first letter in a sentence.

Allusions

Making a reference about a person or story people would now.

Analogy

A comparison of two things that are similar

Anaphora

Repeating a word or phrase

Anadiplosis

Repeating the last word or phrase to begin the next clause.

Anasteophe

The order of words is reversed but gives the same message

Anecdote

Short funny stories that are often personal

Aphorism

Short statement to express the truth or principle

Apostrophe

A figure of speech that addresses to someone or something that cannot answer.

Call to Action

Writing that persuades the audience to act out or promotes  change.

Characterization

When the author reveals a character's personality.

Charged Diction

Using words that create strong emotions or reactions

Chiasmus

A sentence where inverted parallelism is being used.

Colloquial Language

Slang or everyday language that is informal.

Complete Sentence

A sentence that expresses a complete thought and has subject and predicate.

Connotation

The feelings or ideas that a word suggests beyond its literal meaning.

Conflict

Disagreement or argument between individuals about ideas or interests.

Declarative Sentence

A sentence used to make a statement.

Denotation

Literal meaning of a word.

Diction

The choice of words that the author or speaker uses.

Didactic

Intended to teach

Elevated Language

A formal way of speaking or writing.

Historical Examples

An event that has already happened that has formal statements from man people.

Hyperbole

Exaggerating something to make it funny

Imagery

Language that makes it easier to imagine what's being said.

Irony

Difference between expectation and reality.

Jokes

A prank or statement that makes someone laugh.

Juxtaposition

Putting two things together to emphasize their differences and similarities.

Kairos

To persuade the audience by saying something at the right time.

Metaphor

To compare something without using “like”or “as”

Loose Sentence

A sentence where the main idea comes first and the phrases come second.

Parallelism

Words, verbs, phrases that match.

Paragraphs w one sentence

A paragraph that contains one idea.

Periodic Sentence

A sentence where the dependent clause comes first and the main idea comes last.

Personification

Giving human qualities to things that aren't human.

Referencing the past

Referring to an event that happened in the past.

Rhetorical Appeals

Ethos, Pathos, and Logos

Rhetorical question

A question that makes a point but doesn't expect an answer.

Simile

Comparing something using “like” or “as”

Syllogism

Drawing a reasoning by coming to a conclusion from two premises.

Symbolism

Something that represents an idea.

Suspense

Feeling curiosity about what will happen next in a story.

Tone

Author's attitude in speech or text.

Understatement

Making a statement or fact less significant than they really are.

Using Fear

Tactic to increase fear to the audience.