Understanding Rhetoric

Rhetoric

• The quality of speech or written work that appeals to the emotions of the audience.

• The presentation of facts and statistics

• The use of language to persuade an audience.

• The character and credibility of the writer in the eyes of the reader.

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

Audience appeals

• A type of figurative language in which two unlike things are compared using like , as , than , or resembles

• Methods of persuading an audience through emotion, logic, or ethics

• A pattern in writing in which words and phrases are similar in structure, one echoing another.

• A nonliteral use of language to suggest a specific feeling or meaning.

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

Logos

• The word choice and purposeful arrangement of words that affect meaning in speech or writing

• The presentation of facts and statistics.

• The reason the author wrote or is writing about a topic.

• The author's attitude toward a subject

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

Pathos

• The character and credibility of the writer in the eyes of the reader.

• The quality of speech or written work that appeals to the emotions of the audience.

• A type of figurative language in which nonhuman objects are given human qualities.

• A type of figurative language in which two unlike things are compared using like , as , than , or resembles .

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

Ethos

• A type of figurative language in which nonhuman objects are given human qualities.

• A pattern in writing in which words and phrases are similar in structure, one echoing another

• A question with an obvious answer, which is used to emphasize a writer's main point.

• The character and credibility of the writer in the eyes of the reader.

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

Rhetorical Device

• A nonliteral use of language to suggest a specific feeling or meaning.

• A persuasive technique used to help convince an audience.

• The word choice and purposeful arrangement of words that affect meaning in speech or writing.

• A pattern in writing in which words and phrases are similar in structure, one echoing another.

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

Rhetorical question

• Methods of persuading an audience through emotion, logic, or ethics.

• The reason the author wrote or is writing about a topic.

• A question with an obvious answer, which is used to

  emphasize a writer's main point.

• The author's attitude toward a subject.

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.6

CCSS.RI.11-12.6

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.6

CCSS.RI.8.6

Diction

• A type of figurative language in which one thing is said to be another thing.

• The word choice and purposeful arrangement of words that affect meaning in speech or writing.

• A question with an obvious answer, which is used to emphasize a writer's main point.

• A type of figurative language in which nonhuman objects are given human qualities.

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Parallelism

• A pattern in writing in which words and phrases are similar in structure, one echoing another.

• Methods of persuading an audience through emotion, logic, or ethics.

• The quality of speech or written work that appeals to the emotions of the audience.

• The use of language to persuade an audience.

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.2.6

Figurative language

• The presentation of facts and statistics.

• A type of figurative language in which one thing is said to be another thing.

• A nonliteral use of language to suggest a specific feeling or meaning.

• Methods of persuading an audience through emotion, logic, or ethics.

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3