Rhetoric devices

Define simile

• A comparison of two unlike things using like or as

•  One's listener or readership; those to whom a speech or piece of writing is addressed, or written for

• Meanings that readers assign to words that go beyond the dictionary definition.

• S = Subject O = Occasion A = Audience P = Purpose S = Speaker T(one) = Tone

Define CONCESSION

• The time and place a speech is given or a piece of writing is created. What the text is about

• the art of using language effectively and persuasively

• An acknowledgement that an opposing argument may be true or reasonable.

• One's listener or readership; those to whom a speech or piece of writing is addressed, or written for.

Define rhetoric

• Proof

• the art of using language effectively and persuasively

• A brief narrative that focuses on a particular incident or even

Define analogy

•  A comparison of two different things that are similar in some way

• A denial of the validity of an opposing argument

• A writer's attitude toward his or her subject matter revealed through diction, figurative language, and organization on the sentence.

Define SOAPSTone

• Any cultural product that can be read

• S = Subject O = Occasion A = Audience P = Purpose S = Speaker T(one) = Tone

Define anecdote

• Any cultural product that can be read

• A brief narrative that focuses on a particular incident or event

• The circumstances, atmosphere, attitudes and events surrounding a text.

Define audience

•  An acknowledgement that an opposing argument may be true or reasonable

• One's listener or readership; those to whom a speech or piece of writing is addressed, or written for.

• The 3 major appeals:  ETHOS - (character) LOGOS - (reason) PATHOS - (emotion)

Define authors purpose

• Greek word:  mask; the face or character that a speaker shows to his or her audience

• the author's intent either to inform/teach, to entertain, or to persuade/convince the audience

• The spread of ideas and information to further a cause. The use of lies, rumors, disinformation and scare tactics to damage or promote a cause.

Define Antithesis

•  Meanings that readers assign to words that go beyond the dictionary definition.

• the direct opposite, a sharp contrast

• A denial of the validity of an opposing argument.

Define Tone

• Any cultural product that can be read

•  The circumstances, atmosphere, attitudes and events surrounding a text.

• A writer's attitude toward his or her subject matter revealed through diction, figurative language, and organization on the sentence.