Rhetorical Devices

What is a Rhetorical Device?

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

• Occurs when someone takes another person's argument or point, distorts it, or exaggerates it in some kind of extreme way

• Instead of addressing someone's argument or position, you irrelevantly attack the person or some aspect of the person who is making the argument.

• Techniques writers and speakers use to effectively convey ideas and enhance arguments.

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.6.8

What is an analogy?

• an attack on the person

• a comparison between two things

• an explanation of information

• text evidence

Tags

CCSS.L.6.4A

CCSS.L.6.5A

CCSS.RL.6.4

Which are examples of an analogy?

• tree : leaf :: flower : petal

• According to the text...

• Life is like a box of chocolates.

• I don't think you are very smart!

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

CCSS.RL.6.4

What is a juxtaposition?

• comparison of two things to show their differences

• comparison of two things to show their similarities

• taking a position on an argument

• arguing against another point in an argument

Tags

CCSS.L.6.4A

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

Which choices are an example of juxtaposition?

• Merry and tragical

• It was the best of times, it was the worst of times

• Grand and Wonderous

• I believe the ocean is more terrifying than space

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

What is Direct Address?

• the location of a specific place

• addressing a person's argument

• the use of a person's name, group of individuals, or title to address a remark or a question directly to that person

• assisting a person during an argument by providing additional information

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

Which answer choices are an example of Direct Address?

• I think I can help.

• 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20500

• Mom, I can't find my shoes.

• Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears.

We want to include rhetorical devices in our writing.

• True

• False

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

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