Rhetorical Devices

Tricks you can use to make your language more memorable and powerful are called...

• Resorting Tactics

• Rightful Passage

• Rhetorical Devices

• Resonating Devices

Reason or logic. The hard data.

• Logos

• Pathos

• Ethos

• Dragos

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.6.8

CCSS.SL.6.3

CCSS.W.6.1A

CCSS.W.6.1B

A comparison between two things using like or as.

• Metaphor

• Noun

• Verb

• Simile

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

The repeated use of a word or phrase for an intentional effect.

• Rotating

• Restating

• Repetition

• Randomizing

A short story that is used to make a point.

• Fable

• Answer

• Narrative

• Anecdote

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.2

A connection between two objects that shows them as the same.

• Switch

• Metaphor

• Comparison

• Simile

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

A question asked that does not require an answer, but makes the audience think.

• Deep Question

• Rhetorical Question

• Restating Question

• Reporting Question

Emotion that comes through in a speech.

• Pathos

• Amos

• Ethos

• Logos

A comparison between two things, typically for the purpose of explanation or clarification.

• Comparison

• Simile

• Analogy

• Metaphor

Looking at the speaker's moral character or personality

• Logos

• Pathos

• Sephos

• Ethos