Rhetoric

a writer’s intent for the text they are creating: to persuade, inform, or entertain

• logos

• author's purpose

• rhetoric

• rhetorical device

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

speech or writing intended to be effective and influence people.

• rhetoric

• zeugma

• author's purpose

• antithesis

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

effects used to make a text truly persuasive to its audience.

• irony

• rhetorical devices

• antithesis

• rhetorical appeals

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.8.8

appeal to logic.

• ethos

• pathos

• logos

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

appeal to emotions.

• ethos

• pathos

• logos

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

appeal to trustworthiness/credibility.

• ethos

• pathos

• logos

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

writing techniques used to persuade/influence the audience.

• rhetorical appeals

• logos

• rhetorical devices

• ethos

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

contrast of opposing ideas through parallel arrangement of words, phrases, or sentences.

• antithesis

• rhetorical question

• irony

• zeugma

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

a situation that shows the contrast between what is expected and what is reality.

• antithesis

• rhetorical question

• irony

• zeugma

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

question that is asked to make a point, rather than to get an answer.

• antithesis

• rhetorical question

• irony

• zeugma

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5