Rhetoric And non-fiction Flashcards
Logos
Appeal to reason
What’s logical
Ethos
Appeal to character
What is right/just of fair
Justice
Equality
Pathos
Appeal to emotion
Emotional pleas
Rhetorical devices or Resource of language
Technique used to convey to the listener or reader a meaning with the goal of persuading him or her towards considering a topic from a different perspective
Rhetorical question
Question that’s users to make a point rather than elicit an answer
“Did you really think I would love someone like you?”
Hyperbole
Exaggeration
“I’ve done this a thousand times”
Emotive language
Words used to convey emotion.
“Imagine being tortured day and night and then being cast out in the street”
Parallel Structure
“To show kindness is praiseworthy to show hatred is evil”
Sound patterns
Alliteration:Repetition on the same letter
“My mom made me mad Monday morning”
Assonance:Repetition of the same vowel sound
“A fine time!”
Contrast
Opposite
“Sometimes we have to be cruel to be kind”
Description and Imgaery
Used to evict and image in one’s mind.
Simile,Metaphor,Personification
“While we wait and do nothing we must not forget that the fuse is already burning”
The rule of three
“Friends, Romans, Countrymen”-Julius Caesar
William Shakespeare
Repetition
Evil minds will use evoke means
Anecdote
Let me tell you a story…
Rhetoric
The art of using language persuasively
