English Rhetorical Appeals Flashcards
1
Q
Ethos?
A
All about the character
2
Q
Pathos?
A
All about emotion
3
Q
Logos
A
Backed up with evidence and logic
4
Q
Anecdote
A
Describing the sotry of what happened instead of just a statement
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
6
Q
Euphemism
A
Making the situation or word harsher
7
Q
Example of Euphemism
A
downsize vs. fire everyone
8
Q
Parallelism
A
Same pattern to make words flow
9
Q
Anaphora
A
Same words repeated in a pattern. (also a form of parallelism)
10
Q
Charged Language
A
Using more detailed/ stronger words to appeal audiance.
11
Q
Antithisis
A
Two contrasting ideas in a sentence