Rhetorical Structures & Devices

Same grammatical structure is used within a sentence or paragraph to show that ideas have equal importance.

• Ethos

• Repetition

• Parallelism

• Analogy

Repeating the same word or phrase; It is used for emphasis.

• Repetition

• Parallelism

• Analogy

• Allusion

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

WHAT IS THIS AN EXAMPLE OF?

Now is the time to make real the...;

Now is the time to to rise from dark...;

Now is the time to lift our nation from...;

Now is the time to make justice...

• Analogy

• Parallelism

• Allusion

• Repetition

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

WHAT IS THIS AN EXAMPLE OF?

• Parallelism

• Analogy

• Allusion

• Repetition

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

A comparison between two things; determines their relationship.

•It helps explain the idea that is hard to understand.

• Analogy

• Allusion

• Parallelism

• Repetition

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5B

CCSS.L.8.5B

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

indirect reference to a person, place, thing or idea of historical, cultural, literary or political significance.

• Analogy

• Allusion

• Repetition

• Parallelism

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Appeals to:

•Reason

•Logic

•Facts

•Statistics

• Ethos

• Pathos

• Logos

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

•Reliable

•Credible

•Trustworthy

•Uses of first-person plural pronouns (we, us).

• Ethos

• Logos

• Pathos

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

Appeals to:

•Emotions

–Emotional language

–Sensory images

–Anecdotes.

• Ethos

• Logos

• Pathos

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5