Rhetorical Devices Review

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What is Ethos?

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Ethos is a rhetorical appeal to ethics and credibility. It establishes trust and authority in the speaker or writer.

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What is Logos?

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Logos is a rhetorical appeal to logic and reason. It uses facts, statistics, and logical arguments to persuade an audience.

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What is Pathos?

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Pathos is a rhetorical appeal to emotion. It aims to evoke feelings in the audience to persuade them.

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What is a rhetorical device?

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A rhetorical device is a technique used by speakers or authors to persuade their audience, such as metaphors, similes, and alliteration.

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What is Personification?

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Personification is a literary device where human qualities are attributed to non-human things, e.g., 'The wind whispered through the trees.'

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What is a Simile?

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A simile is a figure of speech that compares two different things using 'like' or 'as', e.g., 'as brave as a lion.'

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What is a Metaphor?

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A metaphor is a figure of speech that directly compares two unlike things without using 'like' or 'as', e.g., 'Time is a thief.'

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What is Parallelism?

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Parallelism is a rhetorical device that uses the same grammatical structure in a series of phrases or sentences to create rhythm and clarity.

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What is the purpose of Rhetoric?

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Rhetoric is the art of persuasion, using language effectively to convince or influence an audience.

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What is an Ethical Appeal?

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An ethical appeal (ethos) establishes the credibility and trustworthiness of the speaker or writer.