Rhetorical Devices Flashcards
What are the types of speech?
Political speech- address- sermon
What are the rhetorical devices?
Repetition- parallelism- antithesis- exclamation- Anaphora- restatement- rhetorical devices
Define: restatement
Expressing the same ideas using different words
Define: Anaphora
Repetition of a word or group of word at the beginning of a sentence “We shall… We shall… We shall…”
Define: Rhetorical question
Question that doesn’t require an answer
Define: repetition
Restating the same words
“The war is inevitable- let it come! I repeat it, let it come!” -Patrick Henry
Define: antithesis
Strongly contrasting words, images or ideas
“Ask not what you can do for your country- ask what you can do for your country.” - John F. Kennedy
Define: Parallelism
Repeating a grammatical structure
“With malice towards none; with charity towards all…” - Abraham Lincoln
Define- Exclamation
An emotional statement, often indicated in texts by an exclamation point
“Give me liberty or give me death!” - Patrick Henry
What is a political speech
Speech focusing on issues in the government
What is an address
A formal speech prepared for a special occasion, such as the dedication of a memorial or the inauguration of a new leader
What is a sermon
A speech intended to provide religious instructions
Patrick Henry-
- “We have petitioned, we have remonstrated, we have petitioned…”
Restatement
Patrick Henry-
- “… and listen to the of that siren until she transforms us into beasts.”
Parallelism
Examples of water
- ) Jonathan Edwards is that your wickedness is heavy as he’ll and you will immediently sink to the bottom of the pitiless gulf.
- ) Jonathan Edwards said the wrath of god is like great water that are damned for the present
- ) Jonathan Edwards compare it to a vessel that could be sunken at any time.
