Rhetorical Terms Review

the art of effective or persuasive speaking or writing, especially the use of figures of speech and other compositional techniques.

• Pathos

• Logos

• Rhetorical devices

• Rhetoric

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

A persuasive technique used to help convince an audience.

• Simile

• metaphor

• Rhetorical device

• Argument

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

The word choice and purposeful arrangement of words that affect meaning in speech or writing.

• Diction

• Tone

• Mood

• Ethos

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

A pattern in writing in which words and phrases are similar in structure, one echoing another.

• Repetition

• Satire

• Parallelism

• Partition

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.2.4

A type of figurative language in which two unlike things are compared using like, as, than, or resembles.

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Consonance

• Alliteration

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

A type of figurative language in which one thing is said to be another thing.

• Tone

• Simile

• Mood

• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.3.3A

CCSS.L.4.3A

CCSS.L.5.3A

CCSS.L.6.3A

CCSS.L.6.3B