English Rhetorical Appeals Flashcards

1
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Ethos?

A

All about the character

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2
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Pathos?

A

All about emotion

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3
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Logos

A

Backed up with evidence and logic

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4
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Anecdote

A

Describing the sotry of what happened instead of just a statement

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5
Q

Example of an Anecdote

A

Paige is a bad driver vs Paige crashed into a tree causing her to be a bad driver

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6
Q

Euphemism

A

Making the situation or word harsher

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7
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Example of Euphemism

A

downsize vs. fire everyone

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8
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Parallelism

A

Same pattern to make words flow

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9
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Anaphora

A

Same words repeated in a pattern. (also a form of parallelism)

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10
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Charged Language

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Using more detailed/ stronger words to appeal audiance.

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11
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Antithisis

A

Two contrasting ideas in a sentence

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