Rhetorical Devices in Literature

Diction is

• a figure of speech in which a speaker directly addresses an absent person or personified quality, object, or idea.

• the dictionary definition or literal meaning of a word.

• the style of speaking or writing, determined by the choice of words by a speaker or a writer.

• the fact of two things being seen or placed close together with contrasting effect.

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

Juxtaposition is

• a style of speaking or writing, determined by the choice of words by a speaker or a writer.

• the fact of two things being seen or placed close together with contrasting effect.

• a figure of speech in which a speaker directly addresses an absent person or personified quality, object, or idea.

• a technique in which a writer ascribes human traits, ambitions, emotions, or entire behaviors to animals, non-human beings, natural phenomena, or objects.

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

A reference in a work of literature to a character, place, or situation from history, music, or another work of literature.

• anaphora

• foreshadowing

• analogy

• allusion

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CCSS.RL.9-10.5

Writers or speakers connect their thinking to the reader's or audience's own ethical or moral belief.

• pathos

• logos

• ethos

• persuasion

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CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

writers or speakers draw on the emotions of the reader of audience.

• logos

• pathos

• ethos

• persuasion

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

When writers or speakers offer clear examples and proof. They develop ideas with appropriate detail, and they make sure that the readers follow the progression of ideas.

• logos

• pathos

• ethos

• persuasion

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

What is the definition of a rhetorical device?

• A classic technique in presentation and speech making. It helps tie the theme together, and it creates clarity for the listener. Additionally, we remember words and phrases more readily when they are packaged in threes.
• appeal to logic, means to convince an audience by use of logic or reason.
• A series of techniques used to influence a listener, reader, or audience to believe a certain claim
• A reference to religion, mythology, historical events, pop culture, literature, etc

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

What is the persuasive technique known as ethos?

• A reference to religion, mythology, historical events, pop culture, literature, etc
• ethical appeal, means to convince an audience of the author’s credibility or character.
  
• emotional appeal, means to persuade an audience by appealing to their emotions
  
• appeal to logic, means to convince an audience by use of logic or reason

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.8

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.11-12.8

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

What is allusion?

• A reference to religion, mythology, historical events, pop culture, literature, etc.
• The repetition of the same sounds at the beginning of words. ____________ is fun to say and enjoyable to hear, and it’s used to call attention to certain words.
• A rhetorical technique in which the writer emphasizes the equal value or weight of two or more ideas by expressing them in the same grammatical form.
• A classic technique in presentation and speech making. It helps tie the theme together, and it creates clarity for the listener. Additionally, we remember words and phrases more readily when they are packaged in threes.

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CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

What is pathos?

• appeal to logic, means to convince an audience by use of logic or reason.
• emotional appeal, means to persuade an audience by appealing to their emotions
• ethical appeal, means to convince an audience of the author’s credibility or character.
• appeal to one's social group or community

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5