Rhetorical Devices

In an appeal to logic, this argument is a way of persuading an audience with reason, using facts and figures

• Logos

• Pathos

• Ethos

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

In an appeal to emotion, this argument is a way of convincing an audience of an argument by creating an emotional response to an impassioned plea or convincing story

• Logos

• Pathos

• Ethos

Tags

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

In an appeal to ethics, this argument is used as a means of convincing an audience via the authority or credibility of the persuader, be it a notable or experienced figure in the field or even a popular celebrity

• Logos

• Pathos

• Ethos

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

The direct meaning of a word or expression, as distinguished from the ideas or meanings associated with it or suggested by it; explicit or primary meaning.

• Denotation

• Connotation

Tags

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

The associated or secondary meaning of a word or expression; the feelings or images associated with particular words

• Denotation

• Connotation

Tags

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.L.8.6

Words or statements that are fully and clearly expressed or demonstrated

• Explicit

• Implicit

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

Statements or words that are NOT plainly expressed but rather suggested

• Explicit

• Implicit

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

The substitution of a mild, indirect, or vague expression for one considered to be offensive, harsh, or blunt

• Juxtaposition

• Euphemism

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5A

An act or instance of placing close together or side by side, especially for comparison or contrast.

• Juxtaposition

• Euphemism

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words

"This sweltering summer of the Negro's legitimate discontent"

• Alliteration

• Allusion

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4