JC Persuasive Techniques Vocabulary

A comparison of two different things that are similar in some way. It is used to illustrate or develop something hard to describe.

• Analogy

• Logos

• Anecdote

• Flattery

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5B

CCSS.L.8.5B

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Refers to any attempt to appeal to the audiences' intellect through the use of reasoning and logical arguments.

• Logos

• Pathos

• Rhetoric

• Ethos

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

Portrays the enemy as purely evil, menacing, murderous, and aggressive. Attempts to remove all confusion about whom they should hate.

• Illustration

• Demonization

• Repetition

• Authority

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

A reference to another work of literature, person, or event

• Flattery

• Allusion

• Anecdote

• Repetition

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

The use of figurative language and example to make ideas more understandable or familiar for an audience.

Ex. Simile/ Metaphor or an Analogy

• Repetition

• Allusion

• Illustration

• Demonization

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

Refers to arguments that try to appeal to the emotions of an audience.

• Rhetoric

• Logos

• Ethos

• Pathos

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

Repetition of words, phrases, or sentences that have the same grammatical structure or state similar idea.

• Analogy

• Parallelism

• Authority

• Repetition

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Involves exaggeratedly playing on people's emotions to get them to unthinkingly promote something. Fear is the most common. PATHOS!

• Rhetorical Question

• Demonization

• Emotional Appeals

• Pathos

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

Refers to the trustworthiness and credibility of the speaker/writer.

• Logos

• Rhetoric

• Pathos

• Ethos

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

Plays on the emotional desire to please authority figures and to be considered worthy. ETHOS!

• Flattery

• Anecdote

• Authority

• Rhetoric

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5