Rhetorical Devices Review

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Using strongly contrasting words, images, or ideas

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antithesis

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

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Repeating an idea using the same words

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repetition

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

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This appeal represents credibility or an ethical appeal, which involves persuasion by the character involved.

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ethos

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

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Repeating grammatical structures

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parallelism

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

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What is asking a question with an obvious answer called?

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rhetorical question

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An appeal to the audience's emotions

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pathos

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

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Words that carry strong emotional connotations

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charged words

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CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

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Reference to something (literature, current events, etc.) outside the work itself

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allusion

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

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An argument that appeals to an audience's sense of logic or reason

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logos

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

Front

Repeating an idea using DIFFERENT words

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restatement

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4