Rhetorical Devices and Appeals

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Ethos

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Appeal to credibility and character

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Pathos

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Appeal to emotion

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Logos

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Appeal to logic and reason

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Simile

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comparison using "like" or "as"

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Metaphor

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a comparison of two things without using "like" or "as"

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Personification

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giving inanimate objects humanlike qualities

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Rhetorical question

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a question asked for effect that does not require an answer

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Allusion

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A brief reference to a famous person or event - often from literature, history, Greek myth, or the Bible.

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Allusion

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Always plan ahead; it wasn’t raining when Noah built the ark.

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Hyperbole

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an exaggerated statement used for emphasis or effect