Rhetorical Devices and terms review

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Rhetorical question

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Questions that are not meant to be answered but are asked for effect.

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Simile

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Comparing two unlike things using like or as.

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Loaded words

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Phrases that have strong emotional implications and involve strongly positive or negative reactions beyond their literal meaning.

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Logos

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Rhetoric based on something that logically makes sense.

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Allusion

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Brief, often direct reference to a person, place, event, work of art, literature, or music which the author assumes the reader will recognize. Shakespeare, The Bible and mythology are the traditional ones.

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Parallel Structure

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Uses similar grammatical constructions to express ideas that are related or equal in importance.

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Pathos

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Rhetoric based on how a person makes you feel.

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Repetition

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Uses the same word or phrases more than once for emphasis. In a longer piece like a poem, entire stanzas may repeat for emphasis. Is not successive.

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Ethos

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Rhetoric based on someone's reliability, credibility, and trustworthiness.

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Anaphora

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The repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses.