Rhetorical Strategies list 12 Flashcards
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Nostalgic
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Nostalgic: tone which reveals a kind of homesickness for the past; a desire to return to the “good ole days.”
2
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Mocking
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Mocking: tone of derision and ridicule.
3
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Self-Deprecating
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: tone in which a speaker/writer belittles or undervalues him/herself; excessively modest.
4
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Ambivalent
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tone marked by uncertainty or fluctuation, especially when caused by the inability to make a choice or by a simultaneous desire to say or do two opposite or conflicting things
