Rhetorical Devices

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Diction

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The choice and use of words and phrases in speech or writing.

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Logos

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A rhetorical or persuasive appeal to the audience's logic and rationality.

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Ethos

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A rhetorical appeal to an audience based on the speaker's credibility.

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Pathos

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A rhetorical appeal to the audience's emotions.

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Antithesis

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A rhetorical device in which two opposite ideas are put together in a sentence to achieve a contrasting effect.

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Parallelism

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The use of components in a sentence that are grammatically the same or similar in their construction, sound, meaning, or meter.

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Rhetorical Question

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A question asked for effect or to lay emphasis on some point discussed when no real answer is expected.

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Censure

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The expression of formal disapproval.