Rhetorical Device Quiz #2 Review

A testimonial...

• encourages an emotional response from the audience to support the claim

• can be proven as fact; strongest evidence; can be true, hard information presented as a percentage to survey-type information

• relies on quotes from experts or leading authorities in related fields that support the author's thesis

• using the same pattern of words to show that two or more ideas have the same level of importance

Anecdotes...

• are brief stories from a person's life that illustrate a point and typically connected to an author's thesis

• phrases, sentences or paragraphs, balancing writing with similar structures to provide the same level of importance

• rely on quotes from experts or leading authorities in related fields that support the author's thesis

• are the author's choice of words

Relevant Data...

• using the same pattern of words to show that two or more ideas have the same level of importance

• establishes the credibility of the author

• encourages an emotional response from the audience to support the claim

• can be proven as fact; strongest evidence; can be true, hard information presented as a percentage to survey-type information

Rhetorical Questions...

• are phrases, sentences or paragraphs, balancing writing with similar structures to provide the same level of importance

• are questions asked to prove a point because the answer has been made clear through the author's argument

• are brief stories from a person's life that illustrate a point and typically connected to an author's thesis

• establishes the credibility of the author

Parallelism or parallel structure is...

• using the same pattern of words to show that two or more ideas have the same level of importance

• an author's choice of words

• quotes from experts or leading authorities in related fields that support the author's thesis

• an appeal to the intellect of the reader, using facts and statistics

"I once had a border collie. She was so smart. Every morning, I'd open up the front door and she'd run out, pick up the newspaper, and deliver it to my husband at the breakfast table."

• Ethos

• Anecdote

• Testimonial

• Parallelism

Richard Dawkins, internationally known biologist and author, said, "Biology is the study of the complex things in the Universe. Physics is the study of the simple ones."

• Testimonial

• Anecdote

• Diction

• Rhetorical Question

"In Springfield, the murder rate has gone up 75%, while in Shelbyville, the rate has only increased by 10%."

• Testimonial

• Pathos

• Relevant Data

• Diction

Are we a nation that tolerates the hypocrisy of a system where workers who pick our fruit and make our beds never have a chance to get right with the law? Are we a nation that accepts the cruelty of ripping children from their parents' arms? Or are we a nation that values families, and works to keep them together?

• Logos

• Anecdote

• Ethos

• Rhetorical Question

"My fellow Americans, ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country." -John F. Kennedy

• Testimonial

• Ethos

• Parallelism

• Rhetorical Question