rhetorical devices and ethos, logos, pathos

antithesis

is a rhetorical device that places two contrasting or opposite ideas close together in a sentence or phrase to highlight their difference.
(“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.”)

repetition

the repetition of words or phrases at the beginning of consecutive lines. ( my life is my purpose. my life is my inspiration. my life is my goal.)

connotation

literal meaning of a word

denotation

i came, i saw, i conquered.

parallelism

the use of any element of language-a sound, a word, a phrase, a clause, or a sentence- more than once within a passage of a text

anaphora

a question that is asked not to elicit a response, but to make an impact or call to attention to something. kind of like a rhetorical question.

pathos

appeal to emotions

ethos

appeal to authority/credibility

logos

appeal to logic and reason