Rhetorical Devices

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

• Resorting Tactics

• Rightful Passage

• Rhetorical Devices

• Resonating Devices

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

Reason or logic. The hard data.

• Logos

• Pathos

• Ethos

• Dragos

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.10

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

A comparison between two things using like or as.

• Metaphor

• Noun

• Verb

• Simile

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

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

• Rotating

• Restating

• Repetition

• Randomizing

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

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.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

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

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

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

• Comparison

• Simile

• Analogy

• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5B

CCSS.L.8.5B

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Looking at the speaker's moral character or personality

• Logos

• Pathos

• Sephos

• Ethos

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.10

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4