Rhetorical appeals and devices

An argument based on FEELINGS

• Ethos

• Logos

  Antithesis

• Pathos

• Rhetoric

  Pathos

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.SL.7.3

An argument based on facts, evidence, or reasons

• Ethos
• Pathos
• Logos
• Rhetoric

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.SL.7.3

CCSS.W.7.1A

CCSS.W.7.1B

An argument based on credibility or ethics; it appeals to good nature

• Ethos
• Pathos
• Logos
• Rhetoric

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.SL.7.3

CCSS.W.7.1B

Word choice (this is one of the 5 elements of tone)Example: The student was angry. Vs. The student was furious.

• Details
• Imagery
• Diction
• Language

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5C

CCSS.L.7.5D

CCSS.RI.7.4

Author's attitude toward a subject/topic (examples: irritated, formal, objective, condescending, etc.)

• Mood
• Tone
• Antithesis
• Pathos

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5C

CCSS.L.7.5D

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.7.6

Formal/dignified languageExample: The Fourth of March, one thousand seven and eighty nine Vs March 4, 1789

• Tone
• Parallelism
• Loaded Language
• Elevated Language

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5D

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.W.7.1D

Referring to well-known people, events, or stories in an effort to make a topic/subject more relatable/create parallels

• Antithesis
• Parallelism
• Allusion
• Repetition

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

The 3 basic purposes of a text:

• Persuade, Tell, Mock
• Persuade, Mock, Entertain
• Persuade, Inform, Rhetoric
• Persuade, Inform, Entertain

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.6

" I gradually gained a bit of satisfaction from being considered an extremist. Was not Jesus an extremist in love?...Will we be extremists for hate or extremists for love?

This is an example of:

• Anaphora

• Anecdote

• Metaphor

• Repetition

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RL.7.4

"Shallow understanding from people of goodwill is more frustrating than absolute misunderstanding from people of ill will"

This is an example of:

• Antithesis

• Anecdote

• Imagery

• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A